Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Head Of Saudi Intelligence, Has Been Sacked

ZeroHedge ^ | 4/15/2014 | Tyler Durden

[PieterCasparzen]

In the aftermath of the disastrous, for both the US and Saudi Arabia, false flag campaign to replace the Syrian regime with one which would be amenable to allowing a Qatari gas pipeline to pass underneath the Al-Qaeda rebel infested country, there were numerous rumors that the reign of Saudi's infamous former ambassador to the US and current intelligence chief, Prince Bandar "Bush" bin Sultan - the man who we suggested was the puppetmaster behind the entire failed operation - had come to an end. Some two months ago, Shia Post reported that "News sources announced that the chief of the Saudi spying apparatus Bandar bin Sultan has been dismissed... Since creation of crisis in Syria by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, Bandar bin Sultan’s name has been heard time and again in tandem with the Syrian crisis."

Moments ago, in a tersely worded statement from the Saudi Press Agency, it was indeed confirmed that, perhaps in response to his failed handling of the Syrian conflict, Prince Bandar has indeed been sacked.

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But don't cry for the Prince - his net worth is estimated to be well in the billions.

[gleeaikin]

Tune in for the next exciting installment.

[PieterCasparzen]

I don’t think any; they work for American financial elites, and he does too.

[no-to-illegals]

Thanks gleeaikin. Thanks for the info, tcrlaf.

[elhombrelibre]

He could work for Putin.

[elhombrelibre]

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Zero_Hedge

[RitchieAprile]

there is a strategy/intrigue board game here I’m thinking...

[Paul R.]

I thought it was Qatar (among many others) that wants
to build a pipeline through Syria.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar-Turkey_pipeline

Saudi has gas, but it’s underdeveloped, and S.A. is not likely to significantly exceed internal demand for a long time. They (SA) are more interested in developing their own petrochemical industries (plastics, etc.) than in exporting gas.

In any event, the whole idea is to have an alternative or alternatives to gas supplies to Europe, avoiding purchase from Russia and transit through Ukraine, making whomever is in power in Kiev relatively unimportant. This (depending on the proposal) would make the suppliers (Iran, Qatar, Azerbaijan, etc.) richer too, of course.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Gas_Corridor

This is not to say Saudi doesn’t have other reasons to depose Assad (and also oppose Qatar, among other things. The ME is like a 20 ring circus, sometimes...)

[Paul R.]

The ME is like a 20 ring circus, sometimes usually...)

Fixed it.

[Timber Rattler]

No worries...Bandar will just go back to his old role of U.S. National Security Advisor.

[Nifster]

Could just have easily cited one of the European or Mideast sources that had it even before