The #PearlRoundabout was first cleared of protesters on #ThisDayInHistory in 2011. The #ArabSpring in #Bahrain was fraught given its sectarian régime. #TearGas, birdshot rounds, and swinging clubs left four dead and 300+ wounded. Calls to depose the king grew louder thereafter.

The #ArabUprisings/#ArabSpring spread to #Bahrain on #ThisDayInHistory in 2011 with 6000 joining a #DayOfRage. At its height ~150,000 filled #PearlRoundabout in #Manama, half its population. But hosting a US base & minority sectarian rule meant this one would be crushed by force.