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| Soddy prince thinking of buying Lebanon... |
| 2002-08-28 |
| Saudi billionaire Prince Al Walid Ben Talal Ben Abdul Aziz on Tuesday refused to rule out the possibility that he will one day become prime minister of Lebanon. "I am a Saudi gentleman right now who has Lebanese nationality and who will decide when the time comes," he told CNN in an interview on his yacht in Cannes, southern France. "I guess it would be okay to own Lebanon, but I'd really rather have Denmark. It's those blondes, y'know...?" "Even if I deny it right now officially, will it put this to bed?" he asked of rumours in the Lebanese press that he wanted the job. "I tell you it will not because there are many people in Lebanon, and I thank them, that would like me, wish me to be prime minister over there," said the 43-year-old nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, with a personal fortune estimated at $20 billion. "I figure I get prob'ly buy the whole country for six or seven bucks a head. I don't know that I'd go any higher than that, though. After all, it is Lebanon we're talking about..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |