King Abdullah arrives for the funeral of his half-brother in August 2005. Abdullah has appointed Prince Meqrin bin Abdulaziz as head of intelligence services in the oil-rich kingdom which has been battling Islamist violence.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)
Posted on 10/22/2005 9:32:48 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia appointed his half-brother on Saturday to head his Gulf country's general intelligence forces, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.
The post has been vacant since King Fahd, before his death in August, accepted the resignation of the former chief of the intelligence, Prince Nawaf bin Abdel Aziz, for health reasons.
The new intelligence chief, Prince Mogrin bin Abdel Aziz, 60, has served as a Saudi Air Force pilot and governor of the holy city of Medina.
Last week, Abdullah signed a decree forming the National Security Council, which will be in charge of Saudi's intelligence and other security agencies.
Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who served as Saudi Ambassador to Washington for 22 years until resigning in July, was appointed chief of the NSC.
King Abdullah arrives for the funeral of his half-brother in August 2005. Abdullah has appointed Prince Meqrin bin Abdulaziz as head of intelligence services in the oil-rich kingdom which has been battling Islamist violence.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)
Looks like the good guys have won. There has been a feud in the Al Saud family for a long time (the pro-western faction against the anti-western faction). When the old king died, I was wondering which side would win. This is very, very good.
Just nuke mecca and medina.
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