Bahrain asks Congress for help in restoring arms sales - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Julian Pecquet

Mar 25, 2015

A tear gas canister is seen on the ground after anti-government protesters pushed through security forces to retake Pearl Sqaure in Manama February 19, 2011. Anti-government protesters in Bahrain swarmed back into the symbolic Pearl Square on Saturday, putting riot police to flight in a striking victory for their cause. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan (BAHRAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR2ITOT — A tear gas canister is seen on the ground after anti-government protesters pushed through security forces to retake Pearl Square in Manama, Feb. 19, 2011. — REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (L) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) (R) speak to members of the media after a news conference January 24, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Democratic Congresswomen held a news conference on legislation providing childcare for workers affected by the ongoing government shutdown. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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A F/A-18E/C Hornet takes off from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, in the northern Gulf August 15, 2007. The USS Enterprise arrived in the Gulf to support maritime security in the region. Picture taken August 15, 2007. REUTERS/Hamad I. Mohammed - RTR1STYG

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Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) leaves a Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington August 1, 2014. A bill to fund border security blew up in House Speaker John Boehner's face on Thursday, leaving Republicans in disarray and struggling to reconcile Tea Party demands with the need to deal with a humanitarian crisis on the southwestern border with Mexico. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION) - RTR40XQR

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Demonstrators raise their fists as they protest against Bahrain's ruling Al-Khalifa family, in front of the White House in Washington February 20, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR2IVSG

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