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Bahrain: The reality of Wartime Media & Propaganda
Brave Bahrain
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Timeline of Events in Bahrain
• Feb 14: First Gathering of Protestors at Pearl Circle (with 3 demands: salary raise, housing and employment)
• Feb 16: Army Forces Protestors off the Pearl Circle late at Night for Minimum Damage
• Feb 17: King Asks Army to Leave and Release of Political Prisoners• Feb 18: King assembles Team to Investigate the fatalities • Feb 23: Crown Prince Announces National Dialogue with All sectors of
society• Feb 25- March 14: Continued Violent Protests, Closing Down of Roads,
Terrorism at Schools, Use of a Medical Facility for smuggling weapons, Calling of Civil Disobedience, Killing & Injuring Migrant Workers
• March 18: Terrorists Violently Attack Bahrain University leaving students injured
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Timeline of Events in Bahrain• March 15: King Calls for State of National Safety• March 16: GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) Peninsula Shield
Enters Bahrain comprising of the 5 Arabian Gulf Countries & Bahrain to Safeguard Ministries, Companies, and Airport
• March 19: Military Take Hold of Salamaniya Hospital, where they found Foreign Hostages, robberies, and stolen files.
• March 20: Terrorists kept on demonstrating despite official Ban.• March 21: Hassan Naserallah of Hezbollah makes allegations
about Bahrain • March 22: King Condemns and Foils Foreign Plot Against Bahrain• March 28: Terrorists are planning to hold another protest on
29th
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Protesters in Bahrain
• Three Day Notice about Protest Cause, Location and Time.
• The Protestors kept on pushing the boundaries for 40 Days of Protesting and a week of civil disobedience.
• Protestors started with 3 demands and ended up with 12 as a prerequisite prior to National Dialogue, one of which is the fall of the government.
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The deliberate spreading of ideas or information, true or untrue, with the purpose of manipulating public opinion to gain support for one's cause or to discourage support for another.
Defining Propaganda:
Terms, Holocaust Center Milwaukee
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'The first casualty when war comes is Truth'
U.S. Senator Hiram Johnson, 1917
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Elements of Propaganda
1. Selective Stories
2. Partial Facts
3. Narrowing Down the “Experts”
4. Demonizing the “Enemy”
5. Reinforcing Reasons & Motivations
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Selective Stories
• Bahrain Peaceful Protestors Driven Out of Pearl Square by Tanks and Tear Gas – The Independent UK
• Bahrain pulls a Gadhaffi on Peaceful Protestors – NY Time
• Two Killed in Bahrain Peaceful Square – Herald Sun Australia
• Riot Police Fatally Attack Bahrain Peaceful Camp – TIME Magazine
• Bloodshed in Peaceful Bahrain – The Economist Magazine
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Peaceful Signs of Protests
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The Face of Peaceful Protestors
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• Bahrain Forces Quash Protestors – The Independent UK
• Forces Move Against Protestors in Bahrain – LA Times
• Bahraini Forces Fire Tear Gas At Protestors – Washington Post
• Riot Police Storm Democracy Camp – The Telegraph
Partial Facts
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•Part of Civil Disobedience Act is Closing and Blocking All Roads in Bahrain.
• 31 Days of Tolerance beforeAnnouncing State of Emergency
• Civil Unrest & the persistencein escalation was the reasonBahrain led to Contacting ARMY
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Narrow sources of “Experts”
• 22 in Bahrain Face Probe Over Role in Protests – Bahrain Human Rights Organizations
• 64 are involved in plotsAgainst Bahrain:(Ministers, Doctors, Teachers, Members of Parliament, Religious Clerks, Lawyers).
-Peace Bahrain Website (8 of them arrested, othersFled & seeking political asylum in Britain).
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Demonizing the Enemy
• Bahrain Dictator Cracked Peaceful Protest– Press TV
• Self-Make King of Bahrain– London Protests
• Hassan Naserallah Points Finger at Bahrain King– Hezbollah Party
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Reinforcing Reasons & Motivations
• Motto: “No Sunni, No Shia, Just Bahraini”.
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Terrorist Flags in Midst of March
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Translation: Many where ready to sacrifice Themselves to ensure an Islamic Republic
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Translation: I’m the Next Martyr
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What happened in Bahrain was far from a revolution and more of a failed terrorist coup
attempt.