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2004-04-08 Arabia

Fractures in Saudi ruling family being felt in military

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-04-08 12:25:09 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fuck@n nuts! It's as I thought. No real gov. Just turf and allah.

If you shut down their oil producing ability. Kidnapped their most lustful women. The four oh.

Posted by Lucky 2004-04-08 1:45:31 AM|| 2004-04-08 1:45:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This might be a good time to repost this link to Saudi info. You can see quite a bit of info for free. The subscription stuff is for our State Dept friends who're planning to sell their souls upon retirement...

For the Major Players, click on the Royal Family Tab at the top, then the Family Tree on the left.

You'll see:
Abd al-Aziz (Founded Modern Saudi Arabia)

Click to see the sons that are currently running things. They show 20 wives - I think there should be 26 - one wife for each of the other tribes he united. Check wife Hussa - her boyz are the 7 who are the Big Deal. They have all the key portfolios.

Click on History on the left, then click on Abd al-Aziz's picture. This shows who's running what.
Fahd, Abdallah, Nayif, and Sultan are the most powerful - with Fahd a drooling tottering wreck. Unfortunately they don't designate those who held a position, but no longer do (death, health, etc.), so you see some dupes on the positions. Hussa's boys are the keys.

Crown Prince Abdallah and Badr control National Guard (aka National Emergency Forces, I believe), Sultan runs Army / AF through Defense Ministry. and Nayif runs Religious Police / Educations System and a lot more through the Ministry of Interior.

Have fun!

Posted by .com 2004-04-08 2:47:30 AM|| 2004-04-08 2:47:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Once we retake our oil field it may be the SA Royal family could make a pretty good living as a reality TeeVee show.

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-08 8:05:50 AM|| 2004-04-08 8:05:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "The Mekkah Hillbillies!"

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-08 9:46:24 AM|| 2004-04-08 9:46:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Thanks for the link,.com. It's the best family tree info that I've read so far. Your comments about Hussa's sons running things are true. This powerful group is known as the Sudayri branch from their mother, Hussa bint Ahmad Sudayri. Here's what I can add about the other boyz.

Abd al-Rahman is Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation. My guess is his main responsibilities are the Air Force (RSAF) and other aviation matters. Al-Rahman owned the Saudi Development Company when I met him.
Salman is the Governor of Riyahd which is also an influential position.
Ahmad is the smart one. He dropped out years ago and is living abroad.
Turki was the former Deputy Minister of Defense and head of the RSAF when I was there. I've lost track of him since he hasn't been in the news.
I learned from the link that they have three sisters not just the one I knew of. The boyz make sure the girls get a cut of the oil money as well.
Abdallah is a half brother; not one of Hussa's kids.
The thing about this culture is they keep recycling names and it is difficult to know who is who if the full name is not reported.

Posted by GK 2004-04-08 10:32:47 AM|| 2004-04-08 10:32:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 That's not a family tree . . . it's a target list!

Posted by Mike 2004-04-08 10:42:26 AM|| 2004-04-08 10:42:26 AM|| Front Page Top

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