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Arabia

King Fahd of Saudi Arabia reported dead

2005-05-28

Posted by:anonymous2u

#21 Got it covered for you Phil

Posted by: Abu Maxwell 2005-05-28 17:40

#20 I wonder which one of the two main groups would take over when he Fahds away--deviants or miscreants? What are your bets?

Posted by: twobyfour 2005-05-28 17:08

#19 Only if they do it hard enough. And I recommend a 9 pound sledge, not a silver hammer.

Posted by: Clomp Ulereth8204 2005-05-28 15:33

#18 I wonder if they're going to tap his forehead with a silver hammer.

Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-05-28 14:22

#17 He is getting better.(again)
"RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi King Fahd, whose oil-rich kingdom became a close U.S. ally during his 23-year rule, was reported in stable condition and improving Saturday, a day after he was hospitalized for unspecified medical tests."

That Big Oil meme is some borderline TRANZI poop.

Posted by: Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-05-28 14:20

#16 These were my comments at Belmont Club re: "Big Oil:"

I'd like to chime in on behalf of "Big Oil."

I'm in the American oilfield... I know that the oil companies actually make a much larger profit (and the extraction costs are kept in our economy) from oil extracted in America, than they do reselling OPEC oil, where most of the profits wind up in the Saudi (and other OPEC) government's coffers, even if the extraction costs are lower.

But, as far as I can tell, oil drilling in the US is limited by two things: the threat of being undercut in price by OPEC (which actually happened in the mid-80's, and wiped out the American oilfield, more or less), and the American people, who'd rather buy oil from a religious fanatic prince than have their view spoiled by an offshore oil rig or risk the occasional spill.

It's gotten so bad that it's taken four years after the 9/11 attacks for measures to allow drilling in ANWR to pass.

Ask not who makes the decisions at Big Oil. The decisions are made by you.

Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-05-28 12:15

#15 going down?

Posted by: 2b 2005-05-28 12:12

#14 The King is [mostly] dead. Long [conditionally] live the King [whoever that may be after a long family feud]!

King Fahd can go to his bed knowing that he has left behind the largest group of overpaid, spoiled, murderous, hypocritical self-destructive relatives in world history. He must also realize that his "Royal" setup has denied the great majority of his people a chance to share his country's great oil wealth and to have opportunities to better themselves. Great going, King Fahd. Have a nice trip.

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-05-28 11:47

#13 he's only mostly dead

Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-28 10:39

#12 I wonder which son will get his "Just For Men" beard dye membership?

Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2005-05-28 09:56

#11 you forgot blood splatter bin laden

Posted by: 2b 2005-05-28 09:50

#10 Don't any of these mutts ever just DIE? Arafat, Zarkawi, Fahd, et al, go through this: he's dead, ain't, is, AIN'T, IS!...crap for days (or longer). I think this explains the Muslim custom of burying the "dead" within 24 hours. It cuts down significantly on the number of "revivals".

Posted by: Justrand 2005-05-28 09:38

#9 Wretchard is good on military perspectives but is weak on geopolitics (as I have remarked before). Nobody percieved the wahabi prosletizing prior to 9/11 as a serious problem. We only see it is now, with the benefit of hindsight. To blame the oil companies is frankly silly. They don't care who owns and sells the oil. In fact they would much prefer someone else other than the Saudis in control.

Posted by: phil_b 2005-05-28 09:19

#8 He's dead Jim

Hey Belmont...since you obviously read rantburg... it was brilliant ..par usual.

Posted by: 2b 2005-05-28 08:08

#7 Them colds will get ya everytime.

Posted by: BrerRabbit 2005-05-28 06:08

#6 Belmont Club is covering it with commentary

Posted by: 3dc 2005-05-28 05:39

#5 Asprin and orange juice, muck.

Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2005-05-28 03:12

#4 good lord reely. why teh mama with em skwwezebox she wares her chest cuz wen mucky gets home she never rids of teh pest? what is this changerin?

NOTHING.

ifn anything, things mite get wurse.

welcome to family feud. ima take whoremongerin an poll says...

Posted by: muck4doo 2005-05-28 02:58

#3 what diffrence does it reely make?

abdullas teh topgun.

thisn jus wallpaperin

Posted by: muck4doo 2005-05-28 02:32

#2 Dead... but stable!

Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2005-05-28 02:04

#1 Ah, the suspense! Al-Rooters claim he did not Fahd away yet.

Posted by: twobyfour 2005-05-28 01:29

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