Posted on 04/29/2005 5:05:55 PM PDT by Borges
Riyadh, 29 April (AKI) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah's visit to the United States this week to discuss oil matters with President George W. Bush, took place amid growing speculation back home that the bed-ridden King Fahd's condition has worsened with the monarch slipping out of conciousness. Speculation is rife among Riyadh's ruling elite of Fahd's clinical death - but even if this were true, any official announcement would delayed until a final decision on Fahd's successor has been taken. Sources close to the Saudi royal family told Adnkronos International about the "suspicious" disappearance of King Fahd from public scene in the last ten days. At the same time, the sources have noted frantic activity involving the Seven Sudaris - the seven sons of King Abdul Aziz's wife, who hailed from Saudi Arabia's Sudari tribe, around whom the succession question revolves - King Fahd and Defence Minister Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz are two of the most powerful Sudari sevens.
Crown Prince Abdullah - who is Fahd's half brother - has long been touted to ascend the throne, but well placed sources maintain that there is resistance from other Sudari sevens members who favour closer ties with the West, something which Abdullah, who is very popular among Saudi religious circles, seems reluctant to cultivate. However, past efforts to promote the more Western-friendly defence minister Prince Sultan as Crown Prince instead of Abdullah failed because of division among the Sudaris.
Abdullah seems likely to remain the main beneficiary of internal Sudari squabbling, and already three years ago, he set up a Royal Council including all the 65 sons of the late King Abdul Aziz to settle all disputes related to the monarchy.
It is believed that Abdullah is more acceptable to the majority of the Royal Council members than any other candidate. Hower, the succession is unlikely to be smooth and a new phase of conflict could start in oil-rich Saudi Arabia, also a strategic hub in the war against terrorism given the Saudi origins of most of the September 11, 2001 hijackers, and Osama bin Laden is thought to have many supporters in the country's military and religious establishments.
Bush's fault. Karl Roves Eeeeeevil Scheme!
Have they disconnected his feeding tube yet?
Have they disconnected his feeding tube yet?
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Sheeesh... where's Judge George Greer when you really need him, eh? !!! ;-))
I heard he was going to drown some puppies this weekend.
In stable condition having died... ??
"which Abdullah, who is very popular among Saudi religious circles,"
Great. More anti-American hatred, paid for by American drivers, comin' right up!
It sounds as if he has died as many times as Arafat.
"In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead...."
Idi Amin lingered for weeks. Each week there was new death rumor.
I heard he was going to drown some puppies this weekend.
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Somehow I figure Greer would be smart enough to know he'd
never get away with drowning puppies... because the Rottweiller
parents are clever enough to avoid Greer's body guards while
they rip his scurvy crotch to shreds !!! ;-))
I don't know about you guys I got him on Dead pool beside Castro Little Kim Jong 11
Doesn't get much more stable than that.
I was in hopes he would go out starving to death so he would know real euphoria before he died.
Maybe a bunch of these Arab guys can test this for me by killing themselves then trying to "come back".....
He's Clinically Dead, Jim.
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