His own private army created the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Minister of Defense Muhammad bin Salman, He writes to Amalie zatarilis “newspaper”. According to Saudi media, in the creation of a new structure helped the founder of the kingdom of the most famous American PMC Blackwater, Erik Prince. Earlier, the Saudi authorities have used the services of PMCs, including during the November events, when the kingdom for alleged corruption have been arrested 11 princes.
Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman created his own private army – military company Al-Saif Al-Ajrab. According to the publication Yeni Safak, with reference to the Saudi media, combat unit will be directly under the control of a new star for Near East Policy.
According to the Turkish newspaper, order to establish a new structure has signed a Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz. The number of new forces will be 5 thousand soldiers, past military training at a high level, newspaper writes.
What is the new structure was created, not specified.
Head of Research of the Institute of Middle East conflicts innovative development and an expert of the Russian Council on International Affairs (RSMD) Anton suggested Mardasov, that the new army will be a neutral force, which will conduct “delicate operations”, and it will be composed of mercenaries, who after serving in the Army bin Salman can work in other structures, including foreign.
About, that the new army will consist of mercenaries, It is the fact, what, According to Saudi media, it was created with the support of the former officer of the naval special forces USA Erik Prince – founder of the American private military company (PMC) Blackwater, which 2009 it was renamed in the Academy.
Earlier, Saudi Arabia has used mercenaries, as well as to the assistance of the Prince to create a mercenary structures. According to Yeni Safak, after Salman bin Abdul-Aziz became King of Saudi Arabia 2015 year, Riyadh has established close cooperation with the UAE in this area. Within this framework and with the support of Prince was created special forces, consisting of mercenaries, which, in particular, It plays an active role in the operation of Saudi Arabia in Yemen.
According to the Turkish Journalists, to a decision on the creation of this came PMC bin Salman and his close friend, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
About, that the Saudi authorities use the services of PMCs, it became known during the November events, oʙ'jasnjaet Mardasov. In November, a major corruption scandal erupted in the kingdom: four current minister were detained, and 11 princes, including one of the richest people in the Middle East, a member of the Saudi royal family Al-Waleed bin Talal and former Minister of the Kingdom of the National Guard Prince Miteb bin Abdullah.
“National Guard – it is one hundred thousand troops, which is designed to protect the Saudi regime against all adversity, including the army (the head of the kingdom's Ministry of Defense is the Crown Prince Salman bin). National Guard under was completed along tribal lines and, as I understand, were fears, because of the detention of the Minister in the National Guard under the environment may be some excitement”, – oʙ'jasnil Mardasov.
UAE were involved in activities, associated with the arrests of the princes and the pressure on them, including at the state level. In particular, As told Mardasov, Emirates helped Riyadh to disclose accounts arrested princes and officials.
After a wave of arrests in early November, all the princes arrested, presumably, We were placed in a five-star hotel with premium in the heart of Riyadh – send representatives of royal blood immediately to prison would be a neglect of family patriarch, and could lead to negative consequences for the throne.
“For the maintenance of the princes in the hotel and to block their palaces outside forces were involved. What is this force – unknown, I was able to learn only about one. This is a private military campaign Olive Group UAE. Who founded it – unknown, and if involved in its creation, Erik Prince, I do not know”, – He told Mardasov.
According to him, I used to be a lot of rumors about this PMCs, in particular, said, that there is a lot of people with American citizenship. “But that, that some PMCs participated in arrests, detentions and interrogations princes, now confirmed by many sources (during the November events all the information about them in Saudi Arabia firmly blocked).
Now many sources, the Arab, and American, including former employees of the State Department, confirm the existence of PMCs, which Saudis relied during delicate operations, to be confident in their result”, – INF expert says.
Which means a new structure was created bin Salman also uchtonyaetsya. Mardasov not rule, that the money for its creation have been allocated from funds, seized from the arrested prince.
Teacher of Higher School of Economics and an expert INF Gregory Lukyanov is convinced, that PMCs are paid out of the treasury of Saudi Arabia and entered into the kingdom of the state budget for military spending.
“Contracts with PMCs are financed from the budget of the royal, so how to solve a wide range of tasks on operations in Yemen: ammunition supply, fuels and lubricants, exploration, planning, training troops, their management, Actions on the ground, Deploy your units on Yemeni direction. Ie consulting, management, conduct combat and other operations in the war zone. This enormous cost, which is spent in direct funds from the treasury”, – he explained.
In some moment, when the kingdom happened historical shocks, created military structure, to which the monarch could lean, not caring about her political loyalty. It is with this goal in the Saudi National Guard was created initially. “It was created as a tool to deter law enforcement agencies, but it was not sufficiently loyal to the exchange rate of the king and his idea to hand over power by inheritance bin Salman”, – Lukyanov says.
Prior to the events of November bin Salman has purged the Defense Ministry and intelligence services guide, however, a prince yet relaxed, it has insufficient strength to, to carry out such drastic action against the supreme elite, relying on internal forces of Saudi Arabia, Lukyanov says.
“Traditional ties are strong enough, Prince opposition is strong enough, so he has to rely on foreign military experts, who are loyal to him, because bin Salman is their principal employer. And perform the work for this reason, that they can perform only – ie arrests, protection of objects and arrested during the investigation. They also provide support for him in the Yemen campaign – thanks to them it has not yet lost”, – He explained the expert.
At the same time, According to Lukyanov, talk about, that Saudi Arabia established the legal division of the aliens, while it is impossible. “Likely, this force is not constant, when the need for it will disappear, the contract will be completed, and it will be disbanded”, – he considers it.
a source: chvk.info
