(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Attending a conference in the capital Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi officials said that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Bahrain.Bahraini forces have clamped down on protests with the help of Saudi troops who invaded the Arab country in March, 2011 to intensify the crackdown."The Bahraini people are facing injustice and oppression. We have to show support for the bravery of the protesters in facing the brutality of the Saudi forces," said Iraqi tribal leader Hatem Shaalan Abu Al Joun.An Iraqi cleric also described the Saudi intervention in Bahrain as a clear violation of international conventions and condemned the silence of the Arab League over the crimes against protesters."The history of the Arab League is well known. The US is now running the Arab League to implement its plans in the region," Iraqi cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Baldawi said.An Iraqi official also said that the international community has to take serious steps regarding the situation in Bahrain."The crisis in Bahrain is representing the failure of the Bahraini regime and the brutality of Saudi forces and the world should show a reaction in this regard," said Kamel al-Kilani, from Iraqi National Alliance.Bahrain has been the scene of anti-regime protests since mid-February 2011. /129
