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Arabia
Jordanian king visits Saudi to visit ailing defence minister
2004-05-14
Jordan's King Abdullah II paid a brief visit to Saudi Arabia on Thursday to visit ailing Defence Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the state-run Petra news agency reported.
Came to see how he's doing and dropped off a get well card? I didn't know they were that close.
Prince Sultan, 80, a brother of Saudi King Fahd and third in line to the Saudi throne, underwent an operation on Monday to remove an intestinal polyp and is currently hospitalised at King Fahd military hospital in Jeddah.
Any operation is tricky at that age, assuming it was just for a "polyp". Maybe Sultan will beat his brother to paradise. Or somewhere.
King Abdullah visited the defence minister at the hospital and returned home, Petra said, adding he was accompanied by Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez.
Both the King and the Prime Minister visited the prince and headed home without seeing anyone else? Sounds like a farewell trip to me.
Posted by:Steve

#8  dunno, but you remember the old radio saying:

"Shot to the top o' the charts, like a bullet"?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-05-15 12:23:40 AM  

#7  80 years old and third in line for the throne? That's gotta be a tough gig.

Just outta curiosity, who is last in lne, and what's their number?
Posted by: mojo   2004-05-14 11:01:13 PM  

#6  Would stinkweed bouquet be an appropriate gesture?
Posted by: Raptor   2004-05-14 6:41:24 PM  

#5  Will Chainey or Rummy get to go to the funeral?
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-05-14 4:42:09 PM  

#4  They say he's ok, but they always say that till they announce the funeral.

1st condolences
Posted by: BigEd   2004-05-14 1:08:52 PM  

#3  gotta be a lot of ex-State Dept staff on that list, huh?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-05-14 1:03:18 PM  

#2  Oh, here's the hospitals visitors list.
Posted by: Steve   2004-05-14 1:00:28 PM  

#1  Just checked Saudi sites and every turban in the world has sent a get well soon message. They say he's ok, but they always say that till they announce the funeral.
Posted by: Steve   2004-05-14 12:55:30 PM  

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