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January 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The clashes came after demonstrations were held in four Qatif region villages
to call for the “release of political detainees, reform and an end to
sectarian discrimination,” one activist told AFP on the condition of
anonymity.
Protests erupted in the Eastern Province in March when members of the
kingdom’s Shiite minority took to the streets to condemn Saudi military
intervention against Shiite-led pro-democracy demonstrations in neighbouring
Bahrain.
Four Shiites were shot dead in November. The interior ministry said security
forces had come under fire from gunmen operating on “foreign orders,” in a
veiled accusation against Shiite Iran.
A total of 400 people were arrested, of whom around 70 remain in custody,
according to activists.
Earlier this month, Saudi authorities published a list of 23 suspects wanted
in connection with disturbances in Shiite districts of the Eastern Province
in recent months.
The interior ministry said those wanted were suspected of “possessing illegal
firearms and opening fire on the public and police, in addition to using
innocent people as shields.”
Other allegations include taking part in “mobs, blocking traffic (and)
damaging public and private property,” during confrontations between police
and protesters.
Most of Saudi Arabia’s estimated two million Shiites live in the Eastern
Province. They complain of marginalisation in the Sunni-dominated kingdom.
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