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| Veteran Saudi ambassador in U.S. resigns | ||
| 2005-07-20 | ||
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, July 20 (UPI) -- Saudi King Fahd accepted the resignation of Saudi ambassador in Washington Prince Bandar bin Abdul Aziz who served in the post for more than 20 years. An official source at the foreign ministry said Wednesday Bandar expressed his wish to be relieved from his responsibilities earlier this month. "After all these long years of devoted service as Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, which exceeded 20 years, Prince Bandar solicited King Fahd to be released from his post for personal reasons," the source said. He said the king appointed Prince Turki al-Faisal, the current ambassador to Britain, to replace Bandar. The source did not say what prompted Bandar to resign.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #17 Bandar's always had a rep for being a sharp operator. If he's getting out, something's GOING DOWN bigtime. |
| Posted by: Ernest Brown 2005-07-20 20:54 |
| #16 Reminds me too much of the resignation of the Saudi Intelligence guy just before 9/11. Perhaps an "exit interview" is called for... |
| Posted by: DanNY 2005-07-20 20:03 |
| #15 Host governments grant diplomatic immunity to bona fide diplomats and others. In theory its discretionary although a very long standing practice. Something really bad would have to happen for this tradition to be broken - caught smuggling a nuke or similar. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-07-20 17:42 |
| #14 Unless the government he's a diplomat for cuts him loose, my understanding is that the most you can do is declare them "undesirable" and boot them out of the country. That's all the government can do. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-20 15:54 |
| #13 lol, Frank and Ship! Remember, kiddies, don't eat the black snow! |
| Posted by: BA 2005-07-20 15:18 |
| #12 Frank! Ima inspired for my next painting! Got any flat black? /Lucky |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-20 15:12 |
| #11 I am pulling this out of my posterior. The US has made repeated request for SA to actually do someting about the "foreign fighters" problem. SA has given lots of lip service but no concrete acts have been taken. The fecal matter is about to hit the fan at home and here in the US but for different reasons. The Ambasador wants to avoid it all. I bet he moves to some nice villa he owns in the EU untill that resolves it's self. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-07-20 14:48 |
| #10 #6 Aspen ? - How does a woman ski in a black burka? Posted by BigEd Looks like a lump of coal in an avalanche |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-20 14:18 |
| #9 ...the most you can do is declare them "undesirable" and boot them out of the country. I thought you could shoot them as a matter of general principle. Or is that just in Texas when they are breaking into your car at night? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-07-20 13:31 |
| #8 BigEd- women don't need to ski;) Now if we could only get rid of the rest of his family... |
| Posted by: Spot 2005-07-20 13:08 |
| #7 I'm with Robert C. and Mrs. Davis, Prince Bandar is getting out while the getting's good. My take is that our whole relationship with SA is about to make a real sea change and that it's not very pro-Saudi, if you know what I mean. Bandar *loved* being the Saud go-to guy in D.C....the sh*t must really be about to hit the fan for him to give up his very luxurious life in the West. |
| Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro 2005-07-20 13:00 |
| #6 Aspen ? - How does a woman ski in a black burka? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-07-20 12:53 |
| #5 Sea - you should see his palace in Aspen . . . |
| Posted by: Doc8404 2005-07-20 12:44 |
| #4 He knows the job is going to get ugly and he wants out before the manure hits the air circulators. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-07-20 12:39 |
| #3 I still want to know who gets his sweet, sweet pad along the Potomac... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-07-20 12:36 |
| #2 Just how well would diplomatic immunity protect someone involved in terrorism? Unless the government he's a diplomat for cuts him loose, my understanding is that the most you can do is declare them "undesirable" and boot them out of the country. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-07-20 11:32 |
| #1 My theory? US investigators are getting close to his and his immediate family's activities in supporting terrorism. He bugged out while he could. Just how well would diplomatic immunity protect someone involved in terrorism? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-20 11:17 |