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18 Bahrain MPs Resign in Protest Over Killings -- News from Antiwar.com

18 Bahrain MPs Resign in Protest Over Killings -- News from Antiwar.com: "Nearly half of Bahrain’s Council of Representatives, all 18 members of the opposition resigned today in protest of the overnight attack on civilian protesters by security forces, which left six dead, several hundred wounded, and tanks rolling through the capital city’s streets.

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