24 November 2011 - 20:30

New footage to emerge from Saudi Arabia shows the kingdom's snipers targeting anti-government protesters as part of a brutal crackdown on anti-regime uprising in the country.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The snipers were filmed taking positions at a water tower in the city of Qatif in the country's Eastern Province.

At least five people have been martyred by the regime forces over the past several days.

On Thursday, thousands of people took to the streets of Qatif in a replay of thousands-strong demonstrations there of a day earlier as the uprising against the ruling House of Saud continues.

The protesters shouted slogans against the ruling family and called for the execution of the soldiers, who have shed blood in the east of the country.

The demonstrations are being held despite the ultraconservative Saudi regime's known intolerance of dissent.

In March, the Saudi Interior Ministry called all public gatherings 'illegal,' authorizing regime forces “to take all measures needed” against the people defying the ban.

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