Report: UK-trained forces help quell Arab Spring

1,200 members of elite Saudi Arabian unit deployed to Bahrain during recent protests, according to Britain's Observer

LONDON — The United Kingdom is training an elite Saudi security force that was sent to Bahrain to help quell recent pro-democracy protests, a British newspaper reported on Sunday.

The article in the Observer comes just days after British and other leaders said they backed "historic" revolts sweeping the Middle East.

The Ministry of Defence confirmed that British personnel run classes for the Saudi Arabian national guard in "weapons, fieldcraft and general military skills training, as well as incident handling, bomb disposal, search, public order and sniper training," the newspaper reported.

Around 1,200 Saudi Arabian National Guards were deployed to Bahrain during protests in March, according to the Observer. The country's Sunni royal family has been widely criticized for its harsh crackdown on largely Shiite protesters and the imposition of martial law...

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Roiltea.

forces and Kill government soldiers.

The link is SAUDI OIL WEALTH. The Brits are basically killing who it is most profitable to kill.

i am just saying, to people who kill for money, why are they not killing the most oil rich? they kill the lesser oil rich for less wealth. what do the saudis have to bargain with that keeps them safe?