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Bahraini riot police seen near Pearl Square during clashes with anti government protesters in capital Manama early Thursday morning, Feb. 17, 2011. Some protesters appeared unbowed as armed patrols prowled neighborhoods and tanks appeared in the streets for the first time Thursday after riot police with tear gas and clubs drove protesters from Pearl Square where they had demanded sweeping political change in this tiny kingdom. Medical officials said four people were killed. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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A Bahraini anti-government demonstrator lies injured on a stretcher as anti-government demonstrators take him to hospital in capital Manama early Thursday morning, Feb. 17, 2011. Armed patrols prowled neighborhoods and tanks appeared in the streets for the first time Thursday after riot police with tear gas and clubs drove protesters from a main square where they had demanded sweeping political change in this tiny kingdom. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Bahraini anti-government demonstrators take an injured protester to a hospital in capital Manama early Thursday morning, Feb. 17, 2011. Armed patrols prowled neighborhoods and tanks appeared in the streets for the first time Thursday after riot police with tear gas and clubs drove protesters from a main square where they had demanded sweeping political change in this tiny kingdom. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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In this picture taken Tuesday Feb. 15, 2011, the body of 20-year-old Ali Abdul Hadi Mushaima, alledgedly killed in clashes with security forces Monday, is prepared for burial in Daih, Bahrain. He was one of two people killed Monday in the protests demanding sweeping political reforms. On Thursday, according to medical officials four more people were killed after riot police drove protesters from a main square in Manama. (AP Photo/James Lawler Duggan)
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A man kisses the forehead of Ali Massour Khodier, who was killed during clashes between demonstrators and police in Manama, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. Army patrols and tanks locked down the capital of this tiny Persian Gulf kingdom after riot police swinging clubs and firing tear gas smashed into demonstrators, many of them sleeping, in a pre-dawn assault Thursday that uprooted their protest camp demanding political change. Medical officials said four people were killed. (AP Photo)
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Women demonstrators shout anti-goverment slogans after riot police drove demonstrators from a main square in Manama, Bahrain, early Thursday morning, Feb. 17, 2011. Armed patrols prowled neighborhoods and tanks appeared in the streets for the first time Thursday after riot police with tear gas and clubs drove protesters from a main square where they had demanded sweeping political change in this tiny kingdom. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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The body of a person killed during clashes between demonstrators and police lies in the street in Manama, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. Army patrols and tanks locked down the capital of this tiny Persian Gulf kingdom after riot police swinging clubs and firing tear gas smashed into demonstrators, many of them sleeping, in a pre-dawn assault Thursday that uprooted their protest camp demanding political change. Medical officials said four people were killed. (AP Photo)
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A Bahraini anti-government demonstrator shows a pictures of a wounded man who she said was injured during the riot police attack at Pearl Square in Manama, Bahrain, early Thursday morning, Feb. 17, 2011. Riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets stormed a landmark square occupied by anti-government protesters Thursday, driving out demonstrators and destroying a makeshift encampment that had become the hub for demands to bring sweeping political changes to the kingdom. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Bahraini women wait outside a hospital in Manama, Bahrain, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, where victims of the confrontation between anti-government protesters and riot police were being treated. Armed patrols prowled neighborhoods and tanks appeared in the streets for the first time after riot police with tear gas and clubs drove protesters from a main square where they had demanded sweeping political change.(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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Iraqi anti-government protesters carry a man who collapsed during a demonstration in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. The demonstrators demanded the local governor's ouster while protesters elsewhere stormed a local government building, the latest examples of the anger sweeping the country over poor government services and high unemployment. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
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In this image from video armored personnel carriers roll toward Pearl Square occupied by anti-government protesters Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Riot police firing tear gas and wielding clubs stormed a landmark square occupied by anti-government protesters before dawn Thursday, driving out demonstrators and destroying a makeshift encampment that had become the hub for demands to bring sweeping political changes to the kingdom. (AP Photo/Tony Mitchell, HO)
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Jobless archeology graduates protest to demand jobs in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Wednesday. Strikes and protests erupted in Egypt after the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. (Associated Press)
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HOLD THE KNIFE: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warns of a "crisis" for military readiness if deeper budget cuts are made. (Associated Press)
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Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, commander of the U.S. 7th fleet in the Pacific, said China's "carrier killer" missile is not an "Achilles' heel of our aircraft carriers or our Navy." (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier (Associated Press)
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Mexican soldiers and federal police guard the U.S. Embassy vehicle in which one ICE agent was killed and another wounded in an attack Tuesday between Mexico City and Monterrey. (Associated Press)
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Afghan police and U.S. soldiers secure police headquarters in central Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, after Taliban insurgents wearing explosive vests unleashed an arsenal of car bombs, automatic-rifle fire and rocket-propelled grenades on Saturday. At least 18 people where killed, most of them police officers. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Police prevent Yemeni government supporters from entering Sanaa University, where anti-government protestors are gathered, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. The government sent 2,000 policemen into the streets of the capital to try to put down days of protests against the president of 32 years, a key U.S. ally in battling al Qaeda. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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Streets in Jidhafs, Bahrain, are jammed Tuesday in a funeral procession for Ali Abdulhadi Mushaima, 21, killed in Monday's protests. Anger intensified when one of the mourners was shot fatally. (Associated Press)
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Opposition leaders Mahdi Karroubi (right) and Mir Hossein Mousavi are accused of fomenting the unrest, although their names were barely mentioned by protesters. (Associated Press)