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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tear-gas-fired-in-bahrain-clashes.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Bahraini anti-government demonstrators run during clashes in Manama (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-tear-gas-fired-in-bahrain-clashes.jpg" alt="Bahraini anti-government demonstrators run during clashes in Manama (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Soldiers in Bahrain have fired tear gas and shot weapons into the air as thousands of protest marchers defied a government ban and streamed towards the landmark square that has been the symbolic centre of the uprising against the Gulf nation&#8217;s leaders.</p>
<p>Hospital officials said at least 20 people were injured in the unrest, some seriously.</p>
<p>Ambulance sirens can be heard throughout the capital Manama a day after riot police swept through the protest encampment in Pearl Square, killing at least five people and injuring more than 230.</p>
<p>Witnesses reported seeing army units shooting apparent warning shots above the protesters and attempting to drive them back from security cordons about 200 yards from the square.</p>
<p>The clash came just hours after funeral mourners and worshippers at Friday prayers called for the toppling of the Western-allied monarchy in the tiny island nation, which is home to the US Navy&#8217;s 5th Fleet.</p>
<p>The cries against King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and his inner circle &#8211; at a main Shia mosque and at burials for those killed in Thursday&#8217;s crushing attack &#8211; reflect an important escalation of the political uprising, which began with calls to weaken the Sunni monarchy&#8217;s power and address claims of discrimination against the Shia majority.</p>
<p>The mood, however, appears to have turned towards defiance of the entire ruling system after the brutal crackdown on a protest encampment in Manama, which led the government to put the nation under emergency-style footing with military forces in key areas and checkpoints on main roads.</p>
<p>&#8220;The regime has broken something inside of me. All of these people gathered have had something broken in them,&#8221; said Ahmed Makki Abu Taki at the funeral for his 23-year-old brother Mahmoud, who was killed in the pre-dawn sweep through the protest camp in Pearl Square.</p>
<p>&#8220;We used to demand for the prime minister to step down, but now our demand is for the ruling family to get out.&#8221;</p>
<p>The White House has expressed &#8220;strong displeasure&#8221; about the rising tensions in Bahrain. The 5th Fleet is the centrepiece of the Pentagon&#8217;s efforts to confront growing Iranian military ambitions in the region.</p>
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