(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Schneider said in a statement that the delivery of the German tanks to Saudi Arabia was 'very alarming' given the 'very fragile and problematic human rights situation' in that country.
He pointed out it was likely that German tanks could be deployed by the Saudi regime against unarmed demonstrators.
The Saudi military intervention in Bahrain showed the 'general violence-prone of Saudi rulers.'
The German government has been under fire over the tank deal in the wake of mounting criticism across the country's political spectrum.
Germany's opposition parties have branded the sale 'scandalous,' saying the Leopard tanks could be used by Riyadh to crush internal dissent or in neighboring countries like Bahrain where Saudi troops played a key role in the recent lethal crackdown of the pro-freedom movement in the small Persian Gulf kingdom.
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