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| American Thinker: Dynastic dispute in Saudi? |
| 2006-12-24 |
| Thomas Lifson Something appears to be going on inside the ruling circles of Saudi Arabia. Which means that something is up among the various branches of the Saud family, with its thousands of princes. On this family rests ownership of the world's largest pool of oil and the balance of power in the Middle East, not to mention the principal funding of radical Islamism. James Lewis a few days ago noted the sudden departure of Ambarassador Sultan Al-Turki and speculated it might have something to do with worries over Iranian pilgrims soon to arrive in large numbers for the Hajj (which begins the day after Christmas). Al Turki has a background in the Saudi intelligence services, and might have been called back to handle a possible Shia challenge to Sunni guardianship of Mecca and Medina, source of legitimacy for the Sauds. |
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| #5 the Hajj (which begins the day after Christmas). Oh boo hoo. Not even a single trampling hung by the chimney with care? The clerics described what they called a Persian-Jewish partnership besieging the Sunnis. YJCMTSU. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-12-24 23:54 |
| #4 Heh heh heh |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-12-24 13:17 |
| #3 Ya know, with enough ammunition we could figure out EXACTLY what the Saudi line of succession is. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-12-24 11:22 |
| #2 We used to have Sovietologists --- who could always explain something after it happened. Now we've Saudilogists. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-12-24 03:08 |
| #1 Watch the Arab closely, watch Bandar even closer. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-12-24 02:32 |