* Washington lodges complaint over Mali**wski's expulsion * U.S. relations with ally complicated since 2011 *****down * Apparent tug-of-war between Bahrain reformists, hardliners (Adds U.S. lodges formal complaint, State Department comments, paragraphs 4, 6) By Yara Bayoumy DUBAI, July 9 (Reuters) - Bahrain interrogated its top opposition leader on Wednesday after expelling a senior U.S. diplomat for meeting him, a remarkable slap at Washington from an ally that hosts the U.S. Navy's Middle East fleet. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Mali**wski left Bahrain late on Tuesday, the U.S. Embassy said, after the foreign ministry ordered him out because he had "intervened flagrantly" in the country's internal affairs by "holding meetings with one party". Bahrain's opposition al-Wefaq group said late on Wednesday that its leader Sheikh Ali Salman had been summoned to meet the public prosecutor on Thursday.
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Bahrain questions opposition leader after expelling U.S. diplomat
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