Germany Rethinks Arms Trade with Saudi Arabia

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Source: Handelsblatt

Escalating diplomatic tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran will have implications for Germany’s arms exports, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has announced.

Germany is to monitor arms exports to Saudi Arabia more closely in light of the country’s decision to carry out a mass execution of prisoners at the start of the new year, said Mr. Gabriel, who is also head of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDP), a partner in Germany’s left-right coalition government.

Saudi Arabia sparked outrage across the Middle East and rest of the world on Friday when it executed 47 prisoners, including a respected Shiite cleric, for terrorism-related offences.

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Germany has already stopped selling tanks and G36 Heckler and Koch assault rifles to Saudi Arabia, but it continues to provide other defensive weapons.

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Cameron Under Pressure To Review Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia In Wake Of Mass Execution

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Britain has long been accused of fuelling that conflict by trading weapons and machinery with the Arab kingdom.

The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) says Saudi Arabia has been a major buyer of UK weapons since the 1960s, with around 240 UK Ministry of Defence civil servants and military personnel working in the UK and Saudi Arabia to support contracts between the two countries.

CAAT estimates that David Cameron has overseen over £5.6 billion of military licences to Saudi Arabia since taking office in 2010.

Andrew Smith, of CAAT said: “The Saudi regime has a history of locking up bloggers, executing critics and cracking down on dissent. Despite this they can always rely on getting almost uncritical support from countries like the UK that prioritise arms company profits over human rights.”

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1. Just the start of the Saudi Family

demise. All those countries that are so called Arab backers of the Saudi Royals,would not be able to exist today without money from the House of Saud. It is not as simple as on thinks in the Mid East,right now the Saudi Propaganda Machine is wailing on Iran. Who will be next.