This post is part of our special coverage of Bahrain Protests 2011 [1].
Eyewitness and amplified reports on Twitter are coming in fast about the pre-dawn raid on protesters at Bahrain's Pearl Roundabout.
Twitter user @Hisham_g [2] reports on attacks on international media:
RT @khabarNYC [3]: @chanadbh [4] CNN crew were ripped off their equipment at the airport by security…media blackout#Bahrain [5]
[Audio] ABC's Miguel Marquez Beaten in#Bahrain [5] – ABC News -http://goo.gl/gA3Ts [6] #Feb14 [7]
Regime in #Bahrain [5] is counting on media fatigue.. waited for western hemisphere to go 2 sleep to crackdown on 1000s of peaceful protesters
[Video] – قمع السميره السلميه في دوار اللؤلوه -http://goo.gl/9YcSJ [8] #Bahrain [5]
Global Voices Author Amira al Hussaini [9] has reported slow and intermittent Internet, but has been managing to update on the protests via her Twitter feed @justamira [10]:
Thank u 4 ur support: I ask you to direct them to the people on the ground: I watched from the sidelines: A witness to this massacre #Feb14 [7]
Followed #SidiBouzid [11] and cried; followed #Jan25 [12] and cried; and now#Feb14 [7] is in my backyard: I feel numb and betrayed. #Bahrain [5]
This post is part of our special coverage of Bahrain Protests 2011 [1].