Pictures speak louder than words

Here is to the radical Shiite leader Ali Salman, who the west insists on calling a "pro-democracy" opposition leader. More than 1150 photos of terrorist acts and anarchy compiled by @bahrainiriffai

Boycotting Jawad

It has been a year already.


 The monopolistic practices of a certain individual in Bahrain has deprived me, as well as others from some of the most tasty food, and fashionable products. Not only does he practice a monopoly in the market, but he also took part in financing the failed Iranian coup d’état plot in Bahrain last February.  Many Bahrainis fell into the trap and went to the ex roundabout now intersection to enjoy the food Jawad Group supplied to demonstrators who were  naive on the first few days, and didn’t know their presence in the roundabout was to attract media attention. Its on this day last year that I have started boycotting each and every product that Jawad Group imports into Bahrain. I will never buy from him again, and I encourage other Muslim nations to kick start their innovation wheel and make us self sufficient. Let this boycott be extended to all American and Western products. They have had a hand in their attempt to destabilize Bahrain just as Iran did. Let alone all the atrocities they commit worldwide in what they call “war on terror”.

Here is a list of what I, along with majority of Bahrainis are boycotting. 

If I had to pick, I would have to say that I really really miss Papa John's pizza and Chilis . What is your pick?

Is tear gas considered a human rights violation ONLY in Bahrain?

Dear reader, 

Someone on Twitter asked me to comment on a few videos on YouTube regarding Human Rights violations committed by Bahrain Police and Army. I have finally found some time to view the videos, since I'm quite busy making up for lost time during the months of Feb. and March when protests spread through to occupy the Bahrain Financial Harbor district. It is pretty tough, because some things you plan for months and end up canceling due to unforeseen protests.

Anyways,

So here are the videos: 

And

I'd have to point out that I'm no human rights activist - but I do have a mind to differentiate between what's right and wrong, what makes sense and doesn't. I honestly don't see anything wrong with the videos above. We don't know when was this shot, where, and we definitely don't know who's inside this house or farm or whatever it may be!? However, apparently it is someone that police want so bad since backup arrived and tear gas was used. The use of tear gas is common in police work. You  may argue that tear gas is only used to disperse protests, and I'd beg to differ. In May of this year it was thrown at a house in Hollywood Hills, California in an effort to detain a man. Check it out yourself:

http://bhcourier.com/article/Local/Local/Police_Use_Tear_Gas_At_Hollywood_Hills_Home_To_Detain_Man/76144

 No one said this is a violation of human rights. I've got another one for you, a few years back in 2007; police raided three (3) houses in Auckland, New Zealand: 

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10442850

And again none was said of human rights violations.  Here is another one in USA, but feel free to take a look yourself:

http://www.wtae.com/r/20840307/detail.html

 So I guess we got that topic cleared?

Here is the 3^rd video of Bahrain army soldiers stealing from cars left behind by protesters:

THIS IS WRONG!

I don’t agree with how the subtitles explain the video though, because it made it seem systematic, which is absolutely not true. I’ve sent the video to a friend of mine in the army. His reply was that the army is aware of such unethical behavior and caught a couple of those soldiers and in the process of identifying the rest. You can try and attend their trials in the REAL military courts after Ramadhan. But does that mean the Bahrain army is composed of a bunch of criminals and thieves as the title and subtitles of the video suggest? Absolutely not!  Such cases are present in armies all around the world. 

Here is a case of when Russian troops were in Georgia : 

Another case of Zimbabwean soldiers beating up fishermen and stealing their fish:

http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/news/32861/soldiers-stealing-our-fish-fishermen-.html

British troops stealing from a hotel’s safe in Iraq:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/baha-mousa-killed-after-father-saw-soldiers-stealing-1792073.html

And finally a couple of incidents by US soldiers stealing from their own government:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-03-05-army-theft-case_N.htm
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/02/ap-army-major-iraqtheft-020811/

I agree that Bahrain army shouldn’t include criminals, and I’m happy to hear that it is already taking action against those who violated their duty. At least we're not like the US where they released prisoners to join the military and took them to Iraq!

UPDATE

My friend just informed me that in order for the military to take action against those soldiers who stole property of protesters, those who were affected must file a complaint at the military police.

The way I see it, we've seen some unfortunate events for the first time in Bahrain, that occur almost everyday elsewhere. This is a peaceful nation, and forever it will be inshallah.

@Life4BH