The Revolution in Bharain is “not going to be stopped” – “regime in it’s current form is not going to survive”

‘Bahrain allies can’t kill revolution’
Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:10PM GMT

A Bahraini opposition leader says the revolution in Bahrain is “not going to stop,” despite the all-out Saudi and American support for the suppressive regime in Manama. “I can confirm that the revolution is not going to stop, and that this regime, in its present form, is not going to survive for much longer, despite the Saudi and American support to the Al Khalifa dictatorship,” Saeed al-Shahabi from the opposition group of Bahrain Freedom Movement told Press TV on Thursday.

Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across the Persian Gulf sheikdom since mid-February, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa family’s over-40-year-long rule over the country.

Shahabi predicted that the island would witness ‘more protests’ along with ‘more crackdowns’ and human right violations committed by the regime.

On March 14, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deployed police and military forces in the country following a plea by the Bahraini regime to help it crush the nationwide protests there.

The Bahraini activist described the Saudi mercenaries involved in the attacks on the Bahraini people as ‘the source of all evil in the world today,’ saying they were responsible for the global terrorism, fanaticism, and extremism among other instances of criminality.

The Bahraini government is, meanwhile, being constantly backed by the United States, which has its Navy’s Fifth Fleet deployed in the country.

The support comes despite Manama’s record of human rights abuses and the numerous complaints lodged against it with the International Court of Justice at The Hague.

“The Bahraini people have no aim other than having the right to determine their own destiny, and establish their representative system in their own country,” Shahabi said.

New footage recently surfaced from the country, showing the Saudi-backed Bahraini forces’ violently dispersing the demonstrators.

According to local sources, scores of people have been killed so far during the government’s clampdown, with foreign troops contributing to intensification of violence.

According to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, over 1,000 political detainees are currently being held in Bahrain’s prisons.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have also severely criticized Manama for its brutality against the civilians and violent treatment of the doctors, nurses, lawyers, and journalists, who have voiced support for the revolution. …more w/video