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UPI: King Fahd of Saudi Arabia Reported Dead
Washington Times ^
| 5/27/05
Posted on 05/27/2005 5:42:59 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
Edited on 05/27/2005 6:29:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Reliable sources in the Saudi capital of Riyadh said Friday that King Fahd is dead, reports the Saudi Institute.
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has been dead since late Wednesday, according to several well-placed sources in the capital Riyadh who spoke to the Saudi Institute, a pro-democracy think tank in Washington, on condition of anonymity.
A spokesman for the Saudi Institute told United Press International that the official death of the king will be announced Saturday.
There was no confirmation of a hightened security alert reported by some western media.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: crownprinceabdullah; fahd; houseofsaud; kingfahd; oil; royals; saudiarabia; weekendatbernies
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$52 a barrel at last check.
To: gopwinsin04
Are we going to be doing the Arafat shuffle with this one, I wonder.
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posted on
05/27/2005 5:44:05 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
(Something wicked this way comes)
To: gopwinsin04
This guy'd been on a respirator and heart-lung machine for most of a year. Makes me wonder what happened for the Saudis to finally decide he was dead.
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posted on
05/27/2005 5:44:11 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: gopwinsin04; All
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posted on
05/27/2005 5:44:27 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: gopwinsin04
Wow!
I predict a massive power struggle amongst his family for control, and perhaps a bit of protest for democracy.
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posted on
05/27/2005 5:45:51 PM PDT
by
AlGone2001
(I'm still waiting to hear from the RNC Chairman)
To: gopwinsin04
This shouldn't have much of an effect on the kingdom. He's been as-good-as-dead for quite some time. The crown prince has been running the show for years.
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posted on
05/27/2005 5:46:03 PM PDT
by
Redcloak
(Over 16,000 served.)
To: muawiyah
He's pretty much been a vegetable since his stroke in 1995. But still this raises the specter of a power struggle.
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posted on
05/27/2005 5:46:07 PM PDT
by
AdamSelene235
(Truth has become so rare and precious she is always attended to by a bodyguard of lies.)
To: gopwinsin04
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posted on
05/27/2005 5:46:35 PM PDT
by
Txsleuth
(Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice)
To: gopwinsin04
Stable, peaceful governments are a gift from above. I pray for all concerned that righteousness and truth will prevail.
To: gopwinsin04
Will Al Qaeda make a strike in Saudi Arabia?
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posted on
05/27/2005 5:48:40 PM PDT
by
inkling
To: gopwinsin04
Eddie Albert was a much bigger loss.
The reports of Koran mishandling must have done him in.
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posted on
05/27/2005 5:49:12 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God)
To: gopwinsin04
A spokesman for the Saudi Institute told United Press International that the official death of the king will be announced Saturday.As opposed to his unofficial death?
To: gopwinsin04
What's that song from Oklahoma? "King Fahd Is Dahd"?
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posted on
05/27/2005 5:50:48 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have.)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
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posted on
05/27/2005 5:51:56 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: gopwinsin04
Oh, another Geralissimo Franciso Franco moment ...
To: Jim Noble
Eddie Albert was a much bigger loss. Ah, my monitor needed cleaning anyway.
Good one.
LVM
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posted on
05/27/2005 5:53:03 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
("God. Guts. Guns. I don't call 911." (bumper sticker))
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
Do they get virgins for dieing of natural causes?
To: Bahbah
I will guess that Prince Nayef will try to obliterate
Crown Prince Abdullah. He'll be caught. Then all the
Wahabbis will riot. Abdullah is not a merciful man.
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posted on
05/27/2005 5:54:50 PM PDT
by
plangent
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To: BunnySlippers
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