{"id":12773,"date":"2012-09-21T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T17:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=12773"},"modified":"2012-09-21T10:36:38","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T17:36:38","slug":"hope-is-the-heart-of-tenacious-protest-friday-protests-as-faithful-as-the-prayers-that-precede-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=12773","title":{"rendered":"Hope is the heart of tenacious protest &#8211; Friday Protests as Faithful as the Prayers that Precede them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/gassinmasses4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/gassinmasses4-e1348248076734.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\" \" width=\"425\" height=\"318\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12774\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/lulusquare.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/lulusquare-e1348248110213.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\" \" width=\"425\" height=\"318\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12779\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/freedom2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/freedom2-e1348248148144.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\" \" width=\"425\" height=\"281\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12778\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/gassinmasses2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/gassinmasses2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"  \" width=\"211\" height=\"238\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12776\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/gassinmassess3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/gassinmassess3-e1348248225631.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\" \" width=\"425\" height=\"566\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12775\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightnow.io\/breaking-news\/stoptoxicgasbrn_bn_1348171509583.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><br \/>\n&#8230;more Friday Photos HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Protesters, police clash in Bahrain&#8217;s capital<\/strong><br \/>\n21 September, 2102 &#8211; AP<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses in Bahrain say riot police have clashed with anti-government protesters seeking to shift their demonstrations to the heart of the Gulf kingdom&#8217;s capital.<\/p>\n<p>Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades in street battles near the historic markets and narrow streets in the center of Manama.<\/p>\n<p>The clashes Friday mark the second such violence in Manama in the past month as Shiite-led protesters try to rattle the Sunni monarchy by bringing rallies back into the capital. Most clashes in recent months have occurred in outlying areas.<\/p>\n<p>More than 50 people have been killed in unrest since February 2011 between Bahrain&#8217;s Western-backed rulers and majority Shiites seeking a greater political voice. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.com\/news\/world\/middle-east\/protesters-police-clash-in-bahrain-s-capital\/article_65677eec-b26e-5fd6-a4ce-0fbb5b38c5d6.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230;source<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D12773&amp;text=Hope+is+the+heart+of+tenacious+protest+-+Friday+Protests+as+Faithful+as+the+Prayers+that+Precede+them&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;more Friday Photos HERE Protesters, police clash in Bahrain&#8217;s capital 21 September, 2102 &#8211; AP Witnesses in Bahrain say riot police have clashed with anti-government protesters seeking to shift their demonstrations to the heart of the Gulf kingdom&#8217;s capital. Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades in street battles near the historic markets and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=12773#more-'\" class=\"more-link\">more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[3521],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12773"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12781,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12773\/revisions\/12781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}