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Mon, 07/04/2011 - 09:23
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EU Continues Military Aids to Riyadh to Help S. Arabia Confront Regional Uprisings
TEHRAN (FNA)- Saudi Arabia endorsed an agreement with Germany to buy 200 Leopard tanks as Riyadh continues occupation of Bahrain and interference in Yemen and other regional countries.
Saudi officials held talks with the Spanish subsidiary of the US military-industrial complex corporation General Dynamics about buying their version of the Leopard tank, but a larger portion of the order will go to German companies Kraus-Maffei and Rheinmetall, a report by the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel revealed on Saturday.
Under the deals announced by the German government, Saudi Arabia will receive 200 of the last generation of Leopard 2A7+ tanks - the upgraded version of the German battle tank first presented in 2010.
Germany imposed a ban on the sale of advanced Leopard 2 tanks to Saudi Arabia in the 1980s, citing fears that they might be used against Israel.
The news came after the recent revelations that Britain is also training Saudi forces for suppressing the Bahraini people.
The British government admitted in May that the Saudi troops sent to Bahrain to crush the popular uprisings in the tiny Persian Gulf island have had British military training.
Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty's over-40-year rule.
Violence against the defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states were dispatched to the tiny kingdom on March 13 to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.
So far, tens of people have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and about 1,000 others have been injured.
The Saudi army launched an all-out military offensive against Houthi fighters in Yemen's Northern province of Sa'ada in 2010.
Earlier today, a spokesman for the al-Houthi movement lashed out at the Saudi officials for their interfering measures in Yemen, saying that uprisings in the region have increased Riyadh's concerns about the future of the Saudi regime.
"Since Saudi Arabia shares long joint borders with Yemen, it has interfered in the country's internal affairs and still continues meddling," Mohammad Abdulsalam al-Hakami told FNA on Sunday.
"The revolution of the Yemeni people has worried Saudi Arabia because Riyadh is worried that the flames of the revolution may spread to Saudi Arabia too," he added.
Saudi officials held talks with the Spanish subsidiary of the US military-industrial complex corporation General Dynamics about buying their version of the Leopard tank, but a larger portion of the order will go to German companies Kraus-Maffei and Rheinmetall, a report by the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel revealed on Saturday.
Under the deals announced by the German government, Saudi Arabia will receive 200 of the last generation of Leopard 2A7+ tanks - the upgraded version of the German battle tank first presented in 2010.
Germany imposed a ban on the sale of advanced Leopard 2 tanks to Saudi Arabia in the 1980s, citing fears that they might be used against Israel.
The news came after the recent revelations that Britain is also training Saudi forces for suppressing the Bahraini people.
The British government admitted in May that the Saudi troops sent to Bahrain to crush the popular uprisings in the tiny Persian Gulf island have had British military training.
Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty's over-40-year rule.
Violence against the defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states were dispatched to the tiny kingdom on March 13 to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.
So far, tens of people have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and about 1,000 others have been injured.
The Saudi army launched an all-out military offensive against Houthi fighters in Yemen's Northern province of Sa'ada in 2010.
Earlier today, a spokesman for the al-Houthi movement lashed out at the Saudi officials for their interfering measures in Yemen, saying that uprisings in the region have increased Riyadh's concerns about the future of the Saudi regime.
"Since Saudi Arabia shares long joint borders with Yemen, it has interfered in the country's internal affairs and still continues meddling," Mohammad Abdulsalam al-Hakami told FNA on Sunday.
"The revolution of the Yemeni people has worried Saudi Arabia because Riyadh is worried that the flames of the revolution may spread to Saudi Arabia too," he added.
