1981 Bahraini coup d'état attempt
The Sunni Bahraini government oppressed its Shia majority long before the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran; for example, journalist Saeed Al-Uwainati and medical doctor Mohammed Gholoom were both tortured to death by the regime's security forces in 1976. Established with the help of the British, since 1974, State Security Law in Bahrain allowed torture against mass opposition to the ruling regime.
One of the most dramatic manifestations of the answer to such strategy was the failed alleged coup d'état by militants in Bahrain in 1981. The Bahraini regime alleged they were operating under the auspices of the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain.
