Posted on 03/09/2020 10:51:36 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Mohammed bin Salman, (MBS) then newly appointed as crown prince, left, kisses the hand of Prince Mohammed bin Nayef at a royal palace in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2017. Mohammed bin Nayef has been accused of treason. File photo: AFPMohammed bin Salman, (MBS) then newly appointed as crown prince, left, kisses the hand of Prince Mohammed bin Nayef at a royal palace in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2017. Mohammed bin Nayef has been accused of treason. File photo: AFP
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmans swoop against potential royal challengers shows his concerns about his grip on power outweigh the risk of unnerving investors already wary of his brazen tactics.
The kingdoms de facto ruler, whos aggressively changed social norms despite possible backlash, has big plans to transform his country into a modern powerhouse. The arrests on treason allegations that could carry the death penalty unprecedented against such senior relatives suggest hes not going to let anything get in his way, especially not his own family.
Authorities on Friday rounded up the brother and a nephew of Prince Mohammeds father, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, on the grounds they were plotting a coup, according to a person familiar with the matter. The crackdown comes as the kingdom faces an economic downturn that could imperil progress on the princes ambitious plans. So much of what happens under MBSs leadership is based on the element of surprise, of shifting balance, and claiming control, said Karen Young, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. But the biggest threat to Saudi right now is the possibility of very low oil prices, back to 2015 or lower levels. This the crown prince will find harder to control.
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Hey, they are just like Sicilians!
Sicilian Vespers.
I wish they’d get those table cloths off their heads so we can see what they look like......
Mild compared to Ottoman practice of fratricide:
That’s one way to take care of primogeniture.
Cain and Abel really started something.
This kinda reminds me of Peter the Great vs. the boyars. Just in a historical sense,not individual personalities
CC
If you looked into what the Kings and Queens of Great Britain did to relatives they to eliminate well into the 19th Century, MBS is being quite civil to his relatives.
Which incident in the 19th century are you referring to?
By the way, MBS isn't a king or a queen.
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