Can we stop arming Bahrain’s tyrants please? A former foreign minister makes a valid point, as another Arab tyranny wobbles. It’s getting ugly in Bahrain – the BBC is reporting three dead and hundreds injured, as the emir’s security forces disperse thousands of anti-government protesters in Pearl Square in the centre of the capital, Manama. It’s also getting worryingly sectarian. As the BBC notes
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