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A picture of Bahraini King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa decorates a tank as armed forces secure Manama's Pearl Square. A Bahraini protester, missing sincea crackdown by security forces on demonstrators in Manama earlier this week, has been confirmed dead. (AFP/Joseph Eid)

Trucks and bulldozers remove the debris of the Pearl Square monument in Manama. Bahrain's king pledged to bring reforms and another demonstrator wasconfirmed to have died in a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, as international calls mounted for restraint. (AFP/Joseph Eid)

Thousands of Bahraini Shiites defied martial law to renew their pro-democracy protests. More than 5,000 chanted slogans for a "free Bahrain"and denounced a Saudi-led military force sent to help put down the unrest, during a funeral in the town of Sitra which was the scene of violent clashes on Tuesday. Duration:00: 52(AFPTV)

Iraqis chant slogans during a demonstration in solidarity with protesters in Bahrain in the southern city of Basra, Iraq, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Theposters which are not obscured, in Arabic, read 'if they let us, we will come to support you,' America and the leaders of the gulf are enemies of Islam,' and 'Hussein's blood is still in our body.' (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)

Iraqis chant slogans during a demonstration in solidarity with protesters in Bahrain in the southern city of Basra, Iraq, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Someof the posters which are not obscured, in Arabic, read 'if they let us, we will come to support you,' America and the leaders of the gulf are enemies of Islam,' and 'Hussein's blood is still in our body.' (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani

A Bahraini soldier, right, gestures atop an armored vehicle decorated with national flags along a picture of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa nearthe Pearl Square in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Bahrain tore down the 300-foot (90-meter) monument at the heart of a square purged of Shiite protesters this week, erasing a symbol of an uprising that's inflaming sectarian tensions across the region. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

A Bahraini soldier gestures as another sits atop an armored vehicle decorated with national flags along a picture of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifanear the Pearl Square in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Bahrain tore down the 300-foot (90-meter) monument at the heart of a square purged of Shiite protesters this week, erasing a symbol of an uprising that's inflaming sectarian tensions across the region. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Bahraini soldiers secure the area atop their armored vehicles decorated with national flags along a picture of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifanear the Pearl Square in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Bahrain tore down the 300-foot (90-meter) monument at the heart of a square purged of Shiite protesters this week, erasing a symbol of an uprising that's inflaming sectarian tensions across the region. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Bahraini soldiers patrol streets atop their armored vehicles decorated with national flags along a picture of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa nearthe Pearl Square in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Bahrain tore down the 300-foot (90-meter) monument at the heart of a square purged of Shiite protesters this week, erasing a symbol of an uprising that's inflaming sectarian tensions across the region. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Thousands of Iraqi Shiite Muslims hold up Bahraini and Iraqi flags as they protest in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad. Thousands of protesters in southernIraq chanted slogans and carried effigies of Gulf rulers in a third day of rallies supporting Shiite-led pro-democracy protests in Bahrain. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

An Iranian woman holds a banner with cartoons depicting Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and Saudi King Abdullah binAbdul Aziz during a protest in Tehran against the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Bahrain and the unrest in Libya. (AFP/Atta Kenare

Bahraini Shiite mourners carry the coffin of 28-year-old Ahmed Farhan during his funeral in the Shiite town of Sitra, on the outskirts of Manama.… (AFP/Joseph Eid)

Thousands of Iraqi Shiite Muslims hold up Bahraini (C) and Iraqi (L) flags and an image of assassinated Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr (C), fatherof the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (other portraits), as they protest in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Iranians shout slogans during a protest denouncing a crackdown on Shiite-led demonstrators in Bahrain after Friday prayers in Tehran. Thousands of BahrainiShiites defied martial law to renew their pro-democracy protests on Friday, as they gathered after prayers to bury a victim of the security forces' bloody crackdown. (AFP/Atta Kenare)

A Bahraini Shiite woman holds a flag bearing the image of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, during the funeral of 28-year-old Ahmed Farhan,who was killed two days earlier during a security crackdown on anti-government protesters, in the Shiite town of Sitra, on the outskirts of Manama. (AFP/Joseph Eid)

Bahraini Shiite men chant slogans during the funeral of 28-year-old Ahmed Farhan, who was killed two days earlier during a security crackdown on anti-governmentprotesters, in the Shiite town of Sitra, on the outskirts of Manama. (AFP/Joseph Eid)

In this photo taken from Bahrain TV via Associated Press Television News on Friday, March 18, 2011 troops stand by as mechanical diggers move in on thePearl Square monument, in Manama, Bahrain. Bahrain on Friday tore down the 300-foot (90-meter) monument at the heart of a square purged of Shiite protesters this week, erasing a symbol of an uprising that's inflaming sectarian tensions across the region. The monument — six white curved beams topped with a huge cement pearl — was built in Pearl Square as a tribute to the Sunni-ruled kingdom's history as a pearl-diving center. It became the backdrop to the Shiite majority's uprising after protesters set up a month-long camp at Pearl Square in the capital, Manama. (AP Photo/Bahrain

This photo taken from Bahrain TV via Associated Press Television News on Friday, March 18, 2011 shows soldiers looking as mechanical diggers move in todestroy the Pearl Square monument, in Manama, Bahrain. Bahrain on Friday tore down the 300-foot (90-meter) monument at the heart of a square purged of Shiite protesters this week, erasing a symbol of an uprising that's inflaming sectarian tensions across the region. The monument — six white curved beams topped with a huge cement pearl — was built in Pearl Square as a tribute to the Sunni-ruled kingdom's history as a pearl-diving center. It became the backdrop to the Shiite majority's uprising after protesters set up a month-long camp at Pearl Square in the capital, Manama. (AP Photo/Bahrain TV)

This photo taken from Bahrain TV via Associated Press Television News on Friday, March 18, 2011 shows the rubble from the base of the Pearl Square monument,in Manama, Bahrain. Bahrain on Friday tore down the 300-foot (90-meter) monument at the heart of a square purged of Shiite protesters this week, erasing a symbol of an uprising that's inflaming sectarian tensions across the region. The monument — six white curved beams topped with a huge cement pearl — was built in Pearl Square as a tribute to the Sunni-ruled kingdom's history as a pearl-diving center. It became the backdrop to the Shiite majority's uprising after protesters set up a month-long camp at Pearl Square in the capital, Manama. (AP Photo/Bahrain TV via APTN)

In this photo taken from Bahrain TV via Associated Press Television News on Friday, March 18, 2011 mechanical diggers are seen moving rubble from the baseof the Pearl Square monument, in Manama, Bahrain. Bahrain on Friday tore down the 300-foot (90-meter) monument at the heart of a square purged of Shiite protesters this week, erasing a symbol of an uprising that's inflaming sectarian tensions across the region. The monument — six white curved beams topped with a huge cement pearl — was built in Pearl Square as a tribute to the Sunni-ruled kingdom's history as a pearl-diving center. It became the backdrop to the Shiite majority's uprising after protesters set up a month-long camp at Pearl Square in the capital, Manama. (AP Photo/Bahrain TV via APTN)

In this photo taken from Bahrain TV via Associated Press Television News on Friday, March 18, 2011 mechanical diggers are seen at the base of the PearlSquare monument in Manama, Bahrain. Bahrain on Friday tore down the 300-foot (90-meter) monument at the heart of a square purged of Shiite protesters this week, erasing a symbol of an uprising that's inflaming sectarian tensions across the region. The monument — six white curved beams topped with a huge cement pearl — was built in Pearl Square as a tribute to the Sunni-ruled kingdom's history as a pearl-diving center. It became the backdrop to the Shiite majority's uprising after protesters set up a month-long camp at Pearl Square in the capital, Manama. (AP Photo/Bahrain TV via APTN)

Khadiha, 2, right, and her sister Zainab, 8, second from right, from Freehold, N.J., protest with their family and others, against the violence in Bahrain,Friday, March 18, 2011, in front of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo)

Demonstrators, who did not wish to be named, protest against the violence in Bahrain, Friday, March 18, 2011, in front of the White House in Washington.… (AP Photo)

Bahrainis shout slogans during funeral of Ahmed Farhan, a 29-year-old demonstrator slain Tuesday in the town of Sitra, Bahrain, Friday, March 18, 2011.Thousands of Bahrainis gathered for the funeral of the demonstrator slain hours after the king declared martial law in response to a month of escalating protests. Shiites account for 70 percent of the tiny island's half-million people but they are widely excluded from high-level posts and positions in the police and military. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Bahraini Shiite women watch the funeral procession of Ahmed Farhan, 29, seen in the picture, who was killed on Tuesday when police cracked down on oppositionprotesters just hours after Bahrain's king declared emergency rule, in Sitra, Bahrain, Friday, March 18, 2011. Bahrain's Shiites are burying their dead amid a continued government crackdown in this Sunni-ruled island nation in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

The Arab Revolution of 2011