Posted on 09/28/2019 6:24:05 PM PDT by janetjanet998
Totally correct.
They are the type of nightmare ally who will drag others down with them. Also, they fall out with absolutely everyone. Qatar is presently allied with Iran, as the Saudis thought it would be smart to put them under blockade. They are also now fighting their former allies, the UAE, in Yemen itself.
Follow-up headline on BBC...”Houthi rebels video fails to prove Saudi troop capture claim”
LOL - it is some truth in what you wrote.
The tribe (al-Mutayr) of the killed bodyguard will arrange a meeting with the king, to get info about what happened.
They have to hurry up, as we do not know how long the king will be able to meet them.
According to Mujtahidd the killing of the former bodyguard of the king,
al-Faghm, was planned by Saud al-Qahtani, and Brigadier-General Saeed al-Qahtani, who was appointed new bodyguard of the king, https://twitter.com/mujtahidd/status/1179064456720072704
MbS is moving fast, but where?
good article about MbS:
And if you are basically in your 40s or younger, you view this man as not necessarily the salvation of the country but a man who’s gonna make your life and the world a lot better. If you’re older than that, you view him as a person who might be moving a little too quickly. And you worry what that might mean. And if you’re much older and you’re very traditional, you’re split. You remember Saudi Arabia when women could drive and when it was a relatively liberal place in the 1960s. Or you believe that this is fundamentally against your conservative values.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-frontline-interview-norman-roule/
In an interview with TRT World, Dr Osama Fawzi, Arab Times Editor reveals lurid details about an alleged power struggle within the House of Saud.
He relates an alleged chain of events that he claims took place before the murder of General al Faghem, which TRT World could not independently verify.
According to Fawzi, a source close to the Emirati ruling family of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed informed him that the Saudi crown prince was tipped off to a decision taken by King Salman bin Abdelaziz to revoke his title to the throne, and instead appoint MBS’s uncle, his brother Ahmed bin Abdelaziz.
King Salman allegedly further ordered the late General al Faghem to isolate the young crown prince, disband the personal force of Colombian and Peruvian mercenaries he had received from the Emirates, and have the decision declared.
According to the Emirati source, MBS blamed Faghem for leaking information about his failed exploits to his father, and proverbially poisoning the well, after which he allegedly had Faghem killed, while putting his father and uncle under house arrest.
Some members of Saudi Arabia’s ruling family and business elite have expressed frustration with the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following the largest-ever attack on the kingdom’s oil infrastructure last month.
Saudi insiders and Western diplomats say the family is unlikely to oppose MbS while the king remains alive, recognizing that the king is unlikely to turn against his favorite son. The monarch has delegated most responsibilities of rule to his son but still presides over weekly cabinet meetings and receives foreign dignitaries.
Regardless of the king’s future, the insiders and diplomats say, a challenge to MbS’s authority could be difficult given his hold on the internal security structure.
Keep the king alive until you have full control.
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