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Saudi's Mohammad Bin Salman Visits US Warship in Gulf
2015-07-09
[ALMANAR.LB] A US aircraft carrier in the Gulf hosted Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, official media said on Wednesday.

Mohammed bin Salman, who is also defense minister, boarded the USS Theodore Roosevelt which is operating in Gulf waters, the Saudi Press Agency said.

"The visit comes in response to an invitation by the US Department of Defense," it said, adding that Salman was briefed on the carrier's weapons and operations.

The ship is operating in the area of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, which is based in Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
's neighbor Bahrain.
Posted by:Fred

#1  note that they don't say which Gulf

most published maps call it the 'Persian Gulf' but the Saudis call it the 'Arabian Gulf'
Posted by: lord garth   2015-07-09 17:51  

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