Graphic Footage Of Protesters Shot Dead In Bahrain

Bahraini security police fired on protesters, leaving the streets littered with their bodies.

The capital of the U.S. Navy's 5th fleet, this emirate is a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a 6-member coalition of Persian Gulf oil-rich emirates and principalities that have banded together to issue their own currencie, a unit known as the "khaliji" on the worldwide currency exchanges.

Yemen and Egypt have been rejected for full membership in the council.