Cyber anarchists Anonymous are again vowing to disrupt this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix.

Bahraini security forces have used tear gas and stun grenades to try to disperse anti-government protesters marching along a road toward the island kingdom’s capital.

The harsh crackdown on anti-government protests in Bahrain has failed to silence people’s demands for greater rights, a senior Shiite cleric in the Gulf kingdom said today as thousands of opposition supporters rallied on the outskirts of the capital.

SOLDIERS opened fire yesterday on thousands of protesters defying a government ban and streaming toward the landmark square that had been the symbolic centre of the uprising to break the political grip of the Gulf nation’s leaders.

BAHRAINIS turned out in large numbers yesterday for the first national elections in a Gulf Arab state allowing women to vote and run for office.