Bahrain Honors Police Officers Killed Or Wounded In Clash With Protesters

Bahraini Interior Minister Lt.-Gen. Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, attends a ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, to honor police officers killed and wounded during clashes with anti-government protesters. Bahrain says it has charged seven police lieutenants with alleged abuses against suspected anti-government protesters, including using torture to obtain confessions that were later thrown out in court.

John Timoney, an adviser to the Bahraini Interior Ministry and former U.S. police chief in Miami and Philadelphia, attends a ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. <AP Photo/Hasan Jamali>

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