Posted on 04/28/2015 8:54:55 PM PDT by tcrlaf
audi King Salman bin Abdulaziz has sacked his younger half-brother as crown prince and appointed his nephew, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, as the new heir apparent, state television said.
Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall, reporting from Jizan in the country's south, said the reshuffle was announced by royal decree via state television early on Wednesday.
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Political earthquake'
Khalil Jahshan, the executive director for the Arab Centre of Washington from Fairfax, Virginia, said that the reshuffle constitutes a "political earthquake of the greatest magnitude".
"The Saudi Arabia we knew a few hours ago is no longer," Jahshan told Al Jazeera, adding: "These are serious changes that will have repercussions not only domestically but also internationally.
"This is a very decisive answer by King Salman to the doubts that many experts have expressed since he came into power with regards to his health, his decisiveness and his control over political matters in the kingdom. And this is his unequivocal answer."
King Salman also appointed his son, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as deputy crown prince, and replaced veteran foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal with the kingdom's Washington ambassador Adel al-Jubeir.
(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...
You don’t have to hope. It’ll most likely happen. The Royal Soddies are the reason Yemen is screwed up. They created it by using it to send their undesirables for decades. They’ve funded half of the anti Israel krap for half a century. And they work against us by funding jihadist/muzzie krap all over the West. They are going to get their throats cut and it will be the last event in the arab spring. After all——it’s what Bin Laden actually wanted-—just get the US to quit shielding the Soddies.
The apparent re-shuffle indicates that they now actually see the fix they are in. No more party boys in the top echelons.
The new crown prince, ‘Mohammed bin Nayef’,....... enjoys closer ‘personal ties with U.S. officials’ than almost any other senior royal, diplomats have said.
He is also a member of the same branch of the royal family as Salman - the Sudairis - which include the present king and descendants of his six full brothers, rather than those of his dozens of half brothers, including his predecessor, King Abdullah, who died in January.
Here is a WSJ article on the implications of the shake-up. Lots of interesting comments about the future economic implications of our changing relationship with Iran and Saudis.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-saudi-king-brings-major-change-at-home-and-abroad-1430310152
What is the gist of the article?
> “The Saudi Arabia we knew a few hours ago is no longer,” Jahshan told Al Jazeera...
Since the death of Saudi Arabia’s founder, rule has been passed down through his descendants via just one of his wives. Obviously his children are all geriatric (or already dead), so this move was inevitable. Better to do it in a planned fashion than during a crisis of succession.
Probably the recent bombast by the Iranians that the Kingdom is doomed comes from that system of succession.
I thought I outlined the content of the article. Since various sources were used there are various “gists”. Please read it. I would rather not rewrite what has already been written. Otherwise I would not have time to look for other interesting material like the link below from Al Jazeera. I chose that source hoping they would have more detailed information or more subtle insights. Also, does anyone know if their stories show bias toward one Islamic form/country over another? It goes without saying that their bias will be pro Islam. So far only one silly comment there. I hope there will be more later.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/04/change-stability-saudi-arabia-150429130213689.html
Thanks for link
My pleasure, thanks for that information!
Here is a site listing shifts and changes and possible future events/conditions for a number of middle east countries. A lot to digest and integrate.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/04/30/mideast-factors-idUKL5N0XQ61120150430
Why would we need to handle this? The only difference between SA and ISIS is SA has a monarchy. To hell with these people. If Muslims want to kill Muslims, then why should we intervene? We have no Muslim allies. They are quite willing to take our money and use our troops, but they hate us and would cheerfully kill all of us if they could.
The real solution? Ban Islam in civilized countries, deport all Muslims, get the Christians out of Muslim countries, and let the savages kill each other as long as they please. Institute a “pet the pig” requirement to board a plane or enter a non-Muslim country.
Yes, I know it won’t happen, but wasting more of our resources on Muslim wars won’t solve it either. The threat to the US is the Muslims we are bringing into our country.
Saw this headline and couldn’t help but consider our conversation from a few days ago. Yes, it is interesting.
Might be more has been going on closer to the top then I thought possible. Does make me wonder why now they’ve chosen to clean house. I doubt we’ll ever know the truth of that...but it’s very interesting.
I believe there has been activity within the nation now and in the past that is anti-government.
I don’t think the die-hard activists think the leadership is anti-U. S. enough.
This is exactly why I think the leadership has a very difficult balancing act to pull off.
People in the U. S. hurl charges on a whim, and some Saudi citizens do the same thing in revers.
I’m just not sure now which way they’ll swing....as you said , it’s a balancing act.....but no doubt in my mind that none are what one could really call Pro-US apart from how they benefit by ‘appearing so’ which they have to show with the religious Imams hard on their heels.
Going to be interesting either way...but in the end they will oppose us.
I don’t look for Saudi Arabia to make any changes in their direction over the long haul.
Heads do roll, literally, in Saudi Arabia
May the whole bunch of these fiends disappear in a mega sandstorm.
Not all are happy:
Saudi Prince Talal Bin Abdulaziz voiced rejection for the recent reshuffle announced by the Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, stressing that the move contradicts with principles of Shari’a and the systems of the state.
Saudi Prince Talal Bin AbdulazizIn a statement posted on his Twitter account, Prince Talal described the latest move as an “impulsive “decisions. He called for a general meeting to discuss the issue.
“I call for a general meeting that includes the sons of Abdulaziz (the founder of the Saudi Kingdom) along with some of his grandsons who are provided by the Allegiance Council,” the Saudi prince said.
“I previously said… No obedience… No allegiance to those who broke the laws,” Prince Talal said.
http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=208492&cid=23&fromval=1
The shake-up is not unexpected. Adel al-Jubeir was a good pick for foreign minister
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