By IRNA,
London : A British political analyst says the “invasion” of Saudi forces into Bahrain to suppress the democratic movement has taken place by the US support.
Peter Eyre, from the Eyre International, said there have also been reports that the freedom movement in Bahrain is being suppressed by American and British weapons.
“It has been exposed that Robert Gates (US Defence Secretary) had given the green light for the Saudis to carry out their invasion and to use American weapons,” he said referring to the latest visit of Gates to Bahrain last Saturday.
He said the American government insists that the Saudi aggression is not an “invasion”, adding that the Saudis could not have deployed their American-supplied weapons without the approval of the US officials.
Blaming the United States, Saudi Arabia and the Bahraini monarchy, Eyre said several people have so far been killed during demonstrations in Bahrain .
He said the killing and injuring of civilians in Bahrain has reached a point “where most hospitals have been overstretched”.
Eyre said Saudi and Bahraini forces have no mercy towards the innocent people of Bahrain who have revolted to enjoy democratic rights and freedom.
“The sooner the ordinary people in this world get to understand the working of geopolitics, the sooner they may do the same and attempt to arrest their own respective countries from the talons of the “New World Order”,” he said.
Also speaking to IRNA, Hassan Ali al-Tariki a London-based lawyer said the “Saudi invasion” of Bahrain is against the international law and regional agreements.
Al-Tariki explained that the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council has authorised intervention “only when there is an external threat” to its members.
“This is while no external force is threatening Bahrain. What is happening there now is the revolution of the Bahraini people who are angry about the brutality and injustices towards them,” he said.
He added that the use of force and foreign military troops against civilians is a “rare case” in the history of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council.
Al-Tariki urged the Bahraini monarchy to address the democratic demands of its people rather than “suppressing and murdering them”.