Protesters stake their claim in Bahrain capital square

Demonstrators move back into Bahrain's Pearl Square after the government orders the military to disband from the area.

joy Protesters Pearl Square 311 (photo credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS)
joy Protesters Pearl Square 311
(photo credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Hundreds of protesters spent the night back in the square after the withdrawal Saturday of security forces a day after firing on marchers trying to reach the site, which was the symbolic center of the protest movement inspired by Egyptian demonstrators who refused to leave Cairo's Tahrir Square until Hosni Mubarak resigned as president.
On Thursday, riot police stormed Pearl Square in a siege that killed five people and sharply escalated the confrontation.