Pakistan to send more troops to Bahrain
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TEHRAN – Pakistan has agreed to dispatch more mercenaries to Bahrain to help Al Khalifa regime\u2019s crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Persian Gulf state.<\/p>\n
The agreement was reached when President Asif Ali Zardari met King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa during his one-day visit to Bahrain on Wednesday last, Iranian news agency IRNA reported.<\/p>\n
Manama has been recruiting former soldiers and policemen from Pakistan at a steady rate to strengthen the government\u2019s forces. In many demonstrations, Bahraini protesters shouted slogans against Pakistani security forces in Urdu. Pakistani and Saudi forces have played a major rule in suppressing anti-government protests in Bahrain since the beginning of unrest in the Persian Gulf country.<\/p>\n
Tens of thousands of Bahraini protesters have been holding peaceful anti-government rallies throughout the Middle Eastern country since February, demanding an end to the rule of the Al Khalifa family.<\/p>\n
Scores of people have been killed and many more arrested and tortured in prisons in a government-sanctioned crackdown on protests since the beginning of the demonstrations.<\/p>\n
According to a Bahraini human rights group, there are currently over 1,000 political detainees inside the country. …source<\/a><\/p>\n