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Bahrain demonstrators clash with police over Iraq
Angry Bahrainis protesting against the presence of US-led forces in Iraq's holy cities have clashed with security forces in the capital Manama.
Violence broke out on Friday after police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of mainly Shia Muslim demonstrators demanding the withdrawal of US forces from the southern Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala.
One police car was set on fire.
"Death to America...death to Israel," chanted the protesters in the pro-Western Gulf Arab state, home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet.
Marchers carried portraits of Iraq's top Shia religious leader, Grand Ayat Allah Ali al-Sistani, and some demonstrators wore white shrouds to indicate their willingness to die to defend the holy sites.
"America must leave our holy shrines...This is a red line they cannot cross. They are playing with fire," said a banner carried by the demonstrators.
US-led forces have been battling followers of the Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr in and around the two cities.
Sistani has called on both sides to withdraw their forces.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5BB5398A-365A-414D-BD2D-19FEFB93918F.htm
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