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| Imprisoned Saudi royals doing ‘hard time’ in the Ritz Carlton hotel | ||
| 2017-11-07 | ||
[ALMASDARNEWS] Several Saudi princes were recently tossed in the calaboosePlease don't kill me! by federal police forces in the capital city of Riyadh after an n anti-corruption campaign was launched by the King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Cutodian of the Two Holy Mosquesand Lord of Most of the Arabians.... regime this past weekend. Among the princes arrested by the Saudi authorities was the billionaire Talal bin Waleed, al-Arabiya TV reported on Sunday. The apprehended princes were pictured at the Ritz Carlton on Monday, sleeping on side-by-side mattresses provided by the luxury hotel. Photos of the imprisoned princes at the Ritz Carlton quickly went viral on Twitter and Facebook, today, as several users mocked not only the apprehended men, but also, the Saudi regime. Saudi Arabia purge widens with 'arrest, no-fly list' [Al Jazeera] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's anti-corruption purge has widened after one of the country's top businessmen was reportedly detained, accounts were frozen and a no-fly list was drawn up. On Monday, Nasser bin Aqeel al-Tayyar, a board member at Saudi Arabia's biggest travel company, was reportedly added to the list detainees, which already included some of the country's most influential officials and entrepreneurs. Among those detained are 11 princes, four ministers and several former ministers, in what is seen as an unprecedented crackdown that has shaken the kingdom. The dramatic steps were the latest in a series of measures by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to assert power over the country and its previous leaders. On Saturday, King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Cutodian of the Two Holy Mosquesand Lord of Most of the Arabians.... bin Abdulaziz Al Saud announced that his son, the crown prince, would oversee a newly formed anti-graft commission that would purge the country of corruption.
"Saudi anti-corruption authorities... have worked painstakingly for three years to investigate the crimes in question," he added. The information ministry on Sunday said the bank accounts of those arrested will be "frozen" and any assets related to the corruption cases will be registered as state property.
Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal The 62-year-old flamboyant billionaire tycoon, ranked among the richest men in the world, was among those arrested in the crackdown. The Kingdom Holding Company -- in which the prince has a majority stake -- owns The Savoy in London, the Fairmont Plaza and the famed George V hotel in Paris. Prince Miteb bin Abdullah The 64-year-old son of the late king Abdullah was ousted as the head of the Saudi Arabian National Guard, an elite internal security force. He was once seen as a leading contender for the throne. Waleed bin Ibrahim al-Ibrahim He is a brother-in-law of the late king Fahd and owner of the Middle East Broadcasting Company (MBC), one of the most influential satellite networks in the Arab world. He was among those detained. Prince Turki bin Abdullah The son of the late Saudi king Abdullah and the former governor of Riyadh province was among those arrested. Adel bin Mohammad Faqih The minister of economy and planning, once the point man for the kingdom's sweeping economic reforms, was ousted from his post in favour of his deputy. He is the former mayor of the Red Sea city of Jeddah and previously also served as labour minister. Ibrahim al-Assaf One of those detained is Ibrahim al-Assaf, a former finance minister who this year represented King Salman at the G20 summit in Germany. | ||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Hey, I lived in the Ritz at Tyson’s Corner for 6 weeks. The Ritz is just a box with shiny paint. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-11-07 20:53 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2017-11-07 12:21 |
| #1 Saw it in an (e-trade?) advert a while back: "First Class is there to remind you that your're not in First Class." |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-11-07 08:12 |