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2017-07-27 Arabia

Prince Salman seeking to remove head of Saudi national guard

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Posted by Fred 2017-07-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1 ...This bears watching. The Saudi NG isn't the National Guard the way we understand it - it's a light mechanized cavalry force (best way to describe it) that is a direct descendant of the Ikwhahan, the force that conquered the Arabian Peninsula under the first King Abdul Aziz, and is answerable directly and ONLY to whoever the current king is. They don't come under the regular Saudi chain of command and whatever the Saudi government might say, their job is the protection of the House of Saud. They tend to be highly motivated and highly competent Bedouin who take their jobs very seriously.

If someone is trying to get them on a leash, then that someone is trying to take them off the board for some reason. Stay tuned...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2017-07-27 05:40|| 2017-07-27 05:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Prince Salman seeking to remove head of Saudi national guard

Phrasing!

Posted by SteveS 2017-07-27 06:36|| 2017-07-27 06:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Probably literally as well.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-07-27 07:34|| 2017-07-27 07:34|| Front Page Top

#4 ...no three chemo cocktail for you!

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-07-27 08:49|| 2017-07-27 08:49|| Front Page Top

#5 I had similar thoughts to Mike, and also Salman must have the backing of the army to take on the NG.

Posted by phil_b 2017-07-27 19:25|| 2017-07-27 19:25|| Front Page Top

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