{"id":6379,"date":"2012-02-25T20:03:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T03:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=6379"},"modified":"2012-02-25T20:03:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T03:03:51","slug":"saudi-king-abdullah-guns-down-peaceful-saudi-protester-as-he-calls-to-arm-other-middle-east-uprisings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=6379","title":{"rendered":"Saudi King Abdullah guns down peaceful Saudi protester as he calls to arm other Middle East uprisings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saudi forces open fire on Qatif protest<\/strong><br \/>\n25 February, 2012 &#8211; IRIB<\/p>\n<p>Saudi security forces have opened fire on anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Qatif, injuring at least three demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses say regime forces attacked demonstrators in the eastern city on Friday after they chanted slogans against the government and called for the downfall of the ruling Al Saud family.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators also condemned Riyadh\u2019s crackdown on protests and demand the immediate release of political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>They also expressed solidarity with anti-regime protesters in neighboring Bahrain, where Saudi troops are helping the Manama government quell peaceful protests.<\/p>\n<p>Similar anti-Al Saud rally was also held on Tarut Island.<\/p>\n<p>Saudis have held peaceful demonstrations in Eastern Province, mostly in the cities of Qatif and Awamiyah since February last year on an almost regular basis, demanding reforms, freedom of expression and the release of political prisoners.  <a href=\"http:\/\/english.irib.ir\/news\/political\/item\/88104-saudi-forces-open-fire-on-qatif-protest\" 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%3D6379&amp;text=Saudi+King+Abdullah+guns+down+peaceful+Saudi+protester+as+he+calls+to+arm+other+Middle+East+uprisings&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi forces open fire on Qatif protest 25 February, 2012 &#8211; IRIB Saudi security forces have opened fire on anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Qatif, injuring at least three demonstrators. Witnesses say regime forces attacked demonstrators in the eastern city on Friday after they chanted slogans against the government and called for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=6379#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":[2562],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6379"}],"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=6379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6380,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6379\/revisions\/6380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}