The Increasing Radicalization of Bahraini Protesters

Bahrain's largest Shiite opposition groups have finally agreed to hold talks with the government, even as a mostly Shiite-led protest movement enters its third year. At the same time, however, a significant segment of Shiite opposition appears to be growing more radical.

One protester has already been killed by police on the two-year anniversary of the protests in Bahrain, and even as Wefaq, Bahrain's most important Shiite political party, joins the talks with the government, militant groups pursuing a greater confrontation with the Sunni regime of Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa are continuing to target government infrastructure.