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| MEMRI news ticker tidbit |
| 2004-06-24 |
| ACCORDING TO ARAB OFFICIALS RETURNING FROM VISITS TO SAUDI ARABIA, THE KINGDOM IS GOING THROUGH THE WORST CRISIS IN ITS HISTORY AND THE SURVIVAL OF THE ROYAL FAMILY IS IN THE BALANCE. AT THE SAME TIME, SOME OF THE 6,000 SAUDI PRINCES CONTINUE TO FINANCE AL-QA’IDA. (AL-QUDS AL-ARABI, LONDON, 6/22/04) |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #5 AT THE SAME TIME, SOME OF THE 6,000 SAUDI PRINCES CONTINUE TO FINANCE AL-QA’IDA Either these "princes" have a personal stake in the fall of the Saudi monarchy, or they are simply feeding the crocodile... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-24 6:02:50 PM |
| #4 Unfortunately, we are so tied into them, and they to us, that this will probably necessitate sending more tax dollars to prop them up. On the up side though, it makes me believe that maybe they really are trying to go after AQ. They have no choice - either do that or the U.S. will let them fall. |
| Posted by: Dripping Sarcasm 2004-06-24 4:17:44 PM |
| #3 I don't know about inbreeding - the old man Abdul Aziz married very widely I believe. The current top princes are his sons by a Syrian woman, I think. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2004-06-24 1:00:31 PM |
| #2 The Saudi royal family is a textbook example of the perils of prolonged inbreeding. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-06-24 11:50:20 AM |
| #1 This comes under the heading of "Well, DUH!" They're a schizoid bunch of loons - and their oil money is in Swiss banks. They can get out if they have to. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-24 11:37:36 AM |