David EdwardsRaw Story
The British Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed last week that U.K troops may have trained Saudi Arabia’s national guard before they were used to help crush civil rights protests in Bahrain.
Documents obtained by The Observer under Britain’s Freedom of Information Act revealed that British forces regularly instructed the Saudi national guard in “weapons, fieldcraft and general military skills training, as well as incident handling, bomb disposal, search, public order and sniper training.”
“All BMM personnel, as well as support costs such as accommodation and transport” was paid for by Saudi Arabia, according to the documents. Up to 20 teams a year are sent to the kingdom.
In March, 1,200 Saudi troops entered Bahrain to help quell demonstrations. The Sunni Saudi royal family was reportedly worried that the Shiite majority in Bahrain could gain control there.
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