Title: Saudi Arabian troops sent to Bahrain as protests escalate Source:
The Telegraph URL Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor ... rain-as-protests-escalate.html Published:Mar 15, 2011 Author:Praveen Swami Post Date:2011-03-15 11:13:29 by Happy Quanzaa Keywords:Obama Akbar!, Barack Hussein Osama, Obama bin Laden Views:1136 Comments:3
More than 1,000 Saudi Arabian troops have been deployed in Bahrain, following fresh protests over the weekend that pitted protesters from the tiny Gulf monarchy's Shia majority against riot police.
Early reports said that over 100 vehicles crossed into Bahrain where the Shi'ite majority has been protesting againt the ruling Sunni royal family.
No tanks or missile launchers are reported to be among the lightly armoured military vehicles in the convoy.
Later reports suggested the troops were headed for Riffa, a Sunni muslim area where the royal family are based.