The popular uprisings and revolutions sweeping the Middle-East and North of Africa at present will soon spread to Saudi Arabia, a Bahraini student underlined on Sunday.
“The reason for the Saudi Army’s invasion of Bahrain is that if people’s revolutions in Yemen and Bahrain yield results, the Saudi people will certainly follow suit and stage a popular uprising as well,” Seyed Hassan al-Moussavi al-Bahraini told FNA.
Moussavi pointed out that the Saudi regime has deep worries about the outbreak of popular uprisings since most of the country’s oil wells are located in the Shiite-populated areas.
He reminded that an uprising in those areas would endanger the Saudi regime’s oil revenues and leave grave impacts on the global oil market.
The activist also appreciated the Saudi people for holding demonstrations in different parts of Saudi Arabia in support of Bahrain’s revolution.
He further pointed out that the deep and grave impact that such an uprising in Saudi Arabia would leave on the world oil market, which would certainly harm the interests of the western countries, is the root cause of the Saudi occupation of Bahrain and the brutal suppression of the Bahrainis’ popular movement by the Al-Khalifa and Al-Saud regimes and the West’s support for their crimes.
Also earlier in April, a prominent Saudi political analyst said that the Saudi ruling system is highly unpopular among the country’s people.
Speaking to FNA, Mohammad al-Mos’ari said he believes “any free opinion poll in Saudi Arabia would reveal that at least 70% of the people want the overthrow of the Al-Saud dynasty”.
He further underlined that a revolution in the Kingdom is now very likely, and noted, “I believe that popular protests will not be silenced.”
Elsewhere, Mos’ari voiced strong opposition to the Saudi military intervention in Bahrain to suppress peaceful protesters in the tiny Persian Gulf Island, and stated, “I believe that the fire of Bahrain’s revolution will spread to Saudi Arabia.”
Demonstrators in Bahrain have been demanding constitutional reforms as well as an end to the 230-year-old monarchy, with hundreds camping out peacefully in the capital’s Pearl Square since February 14th.
Bahraini security forces have been brutally suppressing anti-government protesters. So far, at least 40 people have been killed, almost 100 have gone missing and about 1,000 others have been injured.
Tension is growing high after the Saudi military intervention in Bahrain. Bahrain, which hosts the US Navy’s fifth fleet, is viewed as a very sensitive and determining factor in the power equations of the region.
To help the Bahraini government crush the anti-government protests, Saudi Arabia has deployed over 1,000 troops in the country.
No comments:
Post a Comment