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| Saudi Crown Prince vows to upgrade army capabilities |
| 2005-08-05 |
| Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, vowed Thursday to upgrade capabilities of the armed forces in the coming phase. Prince Sultan who is still the Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, said in a speech he delivered before the Saudi army command that his government will meet all people's demands and the armed forces would undergo a five-year term upgrading process. Meanwhile Saudi citizens including the regional governors and officials resumed for the second day running their visits to the palace of rule here pledging allegiance to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Also since it's hosting the photos you won't get that embarrasing broken link thingy after 2 hours. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-05 16:18 |
| #6 BigEd.... Flickr.com check it out..... cheap, fast and built in sizing or do your own H & W statement, I recommend it. There's a freebie that allows 10 meg upload a month. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-05 16:17 |
| #5 upgrading capabilities Important as rubber bands have a longer life with all the new technology... (photo removed by editor for blowing our formatting all to hell - Steve) |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-05 11:53 |
| #4 I find this new situation in SA interesting. Traditionally, the Army, Air Force, and Navy (such as it is)have been under the Minister of Defense and Aviation. The counterbalancing, anti coup, forces, known as the White Army or the National Guard have been under the command of the Crown Prince. The latter forces are tribesmen loyal to the king. So does King Abdullah relinquish the National Guard to Sultan while Sultan turns the defense forces over to a yet unnamed Minister of Defense? It doesn't look that way when Sultan is out there pronouncing a new vision for the defense forces. If a new minister of defense is named who will it be? Sultan's brother Rahman, the present deputy, or one of Sultan's sons? This should be fun. Stay tuned.... |
| Posted by: GK 2005-08-05 08:30 |
| #3 Does upgrading capabilities have any connection to rooting out radical Islamists? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-08-05 00:48 |
| #2 4 corner-platoons of prayer-callers should surround them with sound. |
| Posted by: bose dog 2005-08-05 00:40 |
| #1 Will this also include lessons in surrounding suspected terrorists? |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-08-05 00:18 |