ISN Security Watch, 12 Feb 09: Bahrain's fraught sectarian divide
Detailed ICG backgrounder, Bahrain's Sectarian Challenge, dated 6 May 05.Sectarian violence has again flared in Bahrain following a wave of arrests associated with an alleged plot to attack national day celebrations.
Described as a fraud by government opponents - who allege the strengthening of repressive mechanisms and measures and moves to promote discrimination in recent years - the alleged terrorist conspiracy and rioting in predominantly Shia areas underlines the fraught nature of sectarian relations in the Gulf kingdom......
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