Bahraini Al Khalifa Regime Orders Attack against Al-Wefaq HQ

(FNA)- Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society’s Headquarter (HQ) in Bilad Qadeem was attacked by Bahrain's military troops.

The attack which was carried out in early hours of Sunday, left burn effects and minor damages in the building. Also, provocative pro-regime slogans were, written on the walls.        

The terror attack comes just days after the building’s walls were sprayed with provocative slogans. It also comes in conjunction with the systematic hatred campaign carried out by official and semi-official media including blatant threats, incitement of hatred and terrorism. The campaign is full of sectarianism and threats against al-Wefaq and its leading members, the Islam Times reported.

The attack on al-Wefaq headquarters comes following the arrest of Khalil al- Marzouq, the Political Assistant of Al-Wefaq’s Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman.

On September 18, al-Wefaq boycotted national reconciliation talks in protest against the detention of Marzouq.

Sheikh Ali Salman made a speech in support of the detained former opposition lawmaker on Friday declaring, “We will persist in this revolution until the end. You have detained Khalil al-Marzouq, you can detain me for the rest of my life.”

Antigovernment protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February 2011, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty.

Violence against the defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar - were dispatched to the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom on March 2011, to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.

So far, tens of protesters have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and thousands of others have been injured.