Posted on 07/20/2017 3:14:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
As next in line to be king of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Nayef was unaccustomed to being told what to do. Then, one night in June, he was summoned to a palace in Mecca, held against his will and pressured for hours to give up his claim to the throne.
By dawn, he had given in, and Saudi Arabia woke to the news that it had a new crown prince: the king’s 31-year-old son, Mohammed bin Salman.
The young prince’s supporters have lauded his elevation as the seamless empowerment of an ambitious leader. But since he was promoted on June 21, indications have emerged that Mohammed bin Salman plotted the ouster and that the transition was rockier than has been publicly portrayed, according to current and former United States officials and associates of the royal family.
To strengthen support for the sudden change in the line of succession, some senior princes were told that Mohammed bin Nayef was unfit to be king because of a drug problem, according to an associate of the royal family.
The decision to oust Mohammed bin Nayef and some of his closest colleagues has spread concern among counterterrorism officials in the United States who saw their most trusted Saudi contacts disappear and have struggled to build new relationships.
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crazy people
Watching too much Game of Thrones?
It might be easy for him to lose his head in tumultuous this political environment.
Who cares? Let them kill each other.
Saudi royal succession is a bit like Game of Thrones. It doesn’t generally go from king to eldest son.
The first king, Ibn Saud, took a wife from each of the major tribes. When he died in 1953, the crown rotated among his sons (ie, among the principle tribal families) up until present day.
That phone in the photo is the one we will be getting soon at our company.
We are being treated like kings!
31 year old, youngest son relieves 57 year older brother of all princely duties.
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CNBC video clip characterizes as soft coup: RTRS: Saudi Royal Decree relieves Bin Nayef as C. Prince-State News
ff 1:26 Does this have the potential for violent power struggle in the future in Saudi Arabia ?
Peter Sluglett: I wouldn’t rule it out
Why do they wear the towels on their heads indoors?
Exactly how many saudi princes are there?
IIRC somewhere north of 4,000...
Its more a game of “who isn’t a prince”?
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