Saudi Arabia has accepted the resignation of the kingdom's intelligence chief Prince Nawaf bin Abd al-Aziz, state television reported. King Fahd issued a royal decree removing Prince Nawaf from his post "based on his request" and appointing him as an adviser at a ministerial level, the television said on Wednesday. The decree did not say who would replace Prince Nawaf, who has been suffering from poor health, as head of the intelligence service of the Gulf Arab state, which has been battling a wave of al-Qaida linked violence for nearly two years. Prince Nawaf, one of King Fahd's half-brothers, had undergone surgery in 2002 after suffering a brain haemorrhage. they're all half brothers. same rich daddy, virtually anonymous mommy.
He took over the post from Prince Turki al-Faisal shortly before the 11 September 2001 attacks, carried out mainly by Saudis.
coincidence? hmmmmm . . .
Prince Turki, a senior member of the Saudi royal family, had overseen the intelligence apparatus for 25 years.