Police opened fire March 10 to disperse protesters at Qatif in Saudi Arabia [2]'s mainly Shi'ite east, leaving at least one man injured. Security forces are on alert in the east for a "day of rage" that has been called for the next day, Friday, in defiance of a ban on all demonstrations. Several hundred protesters, some wearing face masks to avoid being identified, marched after dark in Qatif, demanding "Freedom for prisoners." (AP [3], NYT [4], March 10) Fighting broke out at a school in the mixed Sunni-Shi'ite town of Sar, Bahrain [5], after Shi'ite students held an anti-government protest. (The National [6], UAE; Reuters [7], March 10)
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