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Posted by Fred 2015-04-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 Wikipedia on Nayef
Note he is the first next generation (not saud's kid rather grandkid) crown prince.

Posted by 3dc 2015-04-29 01:15|| 2015-04-29 01:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Gawd! He went to school in Portland Oregon. Man is he going to have a mixed up view of the USA. Although he will know we have good food and a great book store.

Posted by 3dc 2015-04-29 01:18|| 2015-04-29 01:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Muhammad bin Nayef was appointed assistant interior minister for security affairs in 1999. He had been a businessman before this appointment.[14] He was widely credited for the success of the Ministry's counter-terrorism program.[15] He was also regarded as the architect of the government's counter-insurgency program.[16] He also served as the director of civil defense during his term as assistant minister.[17] He was considered to be an effective assistant interior minister.[18]

In 2004, he was appointed to the rank of minister, becoming number two at the ministry of interior.[7] In October 2010, he warned the U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser of the 2010 cargo plane bomb plot.[19][20] After the appointment of Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as interior minister upon the death of Prince Nayef in July 2012, Prince Muhammad became deputy interior minister.[4][21]

In November 2009, King Abdullah appointed Muhammad as a member of the influential Supreme Economic Council of Saudi Arabia.[22] This move was regarded as approval of the increase in then-Crown Prince Nayef's power by King Abdullah.[23] On the other hand, this appointment enables Prince Mohammed to extend his influence over the government's economy policy.[24]

On 5 November 2012, King Abdullah issued a royal decree and dismissed Prince Ahmed, minister of interior, from his office and appointed Prince Muhammad as minister.[4] He became the tenth interior minister of Saudi Arabia.[25] Prince Muhammad took the oath of office in front of King Abdullah on 6 November 2012.[26] His appointment was not regarded very positively by human rights activists due to Prince Muhammad's professional experience as a tough enforcer who imprisoned thousands of suspected troublemakers in Saudi Arabia.[27] However, he is regarded as less corrupt and less likely to personally abuse his power in comparison to other senior princes of his generation.[27]

Prince Muhammad met with David Cameron, British Premier, in January 2013.[28] Then he met with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., on 14 January 2013.[29] They discussed issues of security and regional developments.[29] In late January 2013, interior minister Prince Muhammad announced that Saudi women would be allowed to work at the directorate.[30]

In February 2014, Prince Muhammad was made responsible for Syria, replacing Bandar bin Sultan, then intelligence chief of Saudi Arabia.[31] Muhammad was assisted in this effort by Prince Mutaib bin Abdullah, the minister of the Saudi Arabian National Guard.[32]

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki reportedly accused Saudi Arabia of playing a negative role in Syria, Iraq and other countries, saying "They are attacking Iraq, through Syria and in a direct way, and they announced war on Iraq, as they announced it on Syria, and unfortunately it is on a sectarian and political basis."[33]

Posted by 3dc 2015-04-29 01:20|| 2015-04-29 01:20|| Front Page Top

#4 As chair of the Council for Political and Security Affairs, the Prince has been a leading commander of Operation Decisive Storm, the first major Saudi military operation of the 21st century.

Posted by 3dc 2015-04-29 01:22|| 2015-04-29 01:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Propaganda says he is "praised" for cracking down on al Qaeda

But I remember a documentary a few years back that said he was the worst of the princes, a medieval Sharia-loving machiavelli who we should all fear if ever he got his hands on power

Posted by anon1 2015-04-29 10:56|| 2015-04-29 10:56|| Front Page Top

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