Posted on 08/07/2010 9:42:03 PM PDT by onyx
With thanks and credit to Brugmansian, it's looking like all the LSM fuss about Michelle's extravagant vacation in Spain, just might be a distraction to cover up a much more sinister reason for her trip.
Brugmansian uncovered the following article in EL MUNDO and the last paragraph is of specific importance.
Varias casas reales árabes también pasan sus veranos en Marbella desde hace años. Así, habrá un encuentro entre Michelle Obama y el príncipe Salman bin Abdelaziz, gobernador de Riad y hermano del fallecido Rey Fahd de Arabia Saudí; mientras que se baraja otra reunión de la primera dama con el propietario del Málaga CF, empresario multimillonario, hijo del ministro del Interior de Qatar y miembro de la familia real qatarí, Abdullah Al Thani.
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Read and translated by both Victoria Delsoul and aruanan for accuracy,Victoria Delsoul wrote:
It says, that it's going to be a meeting between Michelle Obama and prince Salman bin Abdelaziz, governor of Riyadh and brother of the deceased Rey Fahd of Saudi Arabia; whereas there would be another meeting of the first lady with the owner of the Malaga CF, businessman multimillionaire, son of the Secretary of the Interior of Qatar and member of the real family qatarí, Abdullah Al Thani.
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It is important to point out, that nothing about her meeting with the above named has been mentioned in the Lame Stream Media, just out of character scolding and gripes about the expense of her trip!
Another fascinating fact: Jesse Jackson Jr, is also along on the trip. Yes, son of shakedown artist himself.
hoosiermama and others will add links and comments from kristinn's original thread and I will provide the link to that thread HERE
JJJ is in hot water...The Ethics committee agreed to place a hold on it’s investigation until after the Blank-O trial. Sandi Jackson, Chicago Alderman, and wife of JJJ has been receiving funds from her husbands campaign through a bogus firm named after their daughter.......shall I go on?
-For those following the story...
does it look like Michelle insisted that Sasha be in the photo? Like the offical part of the photo op or something. It is strange -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8CnXDey3gQ&feature=player_embedded
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“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8CnXDey3gQ&feature=player_embedded";
Vid of Michelle making her daughter pose for photo -
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5/10
“Klein: Kagan shielded Saudis from 9-11 suit. Sided with Kingdom in case brought by victims of mega terror attacks”
Raise your hand if you believe this one!!
The drivebys sweet and kirsten I'm blonde so FNC hired me, are defintely working over time to try and spin the wide loads excesses. Same ol' same ol',their side will buy it ours won't.
Truth is you don't accumulate 70 closets full of shoes alone by not being just a tad excessive.
Numbers are numbers hard to hide from. Three security staffers 24 hours a day plus security service plus this plus that not to mention too much still add up to huge numbers plus the cost of taking huge planes abtoad.
Allegations of her meetings with saudis princes and the rest of course never happened as far as the DBM is concerned,so truth remains competely elusive in the regime.
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Both Sweet and Kirsten have comment places on their original articles....SO send them something other than your opinion....something like the Spanish article....They can quote it without getting in trouble with the WH!
Its a delicate balance dealing with the lackeys of the left.
Exposing their misdeeds is one thing but giving them insight on what gets traction and what doesn’t is something else a very fine line there.
It looks like these Kings have a mosque there and rest there every summer. WHY did Michelle pick this place for her vacation?
http://www.euroweeklynews.com/2010071581678/news/costa-del-sol/saudi-royals-back-in-marbella.html
Strange video of Michelle and Sasha and the King of Spain
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2567197/posts
THEY’RE ORGANIZING THE “GTASS-ROOTS DONATIONS” FOR 2012
“How I SPENT my summer vacation” by MO and CO....Read this thread....
The ownder of that magazine has some pull. I was reading about a problem Banderas has with ocean front property
One poster thought Banderas wanted Shelly at that party to give him some gravitas when it came to dealing with local government.
The ownder of that magazine has some pull. I was reading about a problem Banderas has with ocean front property
One poster thought Banderas wanted Shelly at that party to give him some gravitas when it came to dealing with local government.
Amazing caricature...I’d swear I was looking at a photograph...
What we need is video of the wide load bowing before a Saudi king in a pair of one of her 7,000 high heels wearing a Halston designer burka.
Interesting time, don’t ya think?
But, hey they’re not ‘equipped with long-range weapons systems and other arms whose inclusion was strongly opposed by Israel, diplomats and officials said.’
Khash is a convenient guy to know, ‘eh?”
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Interesting timing isn't it? M.O. goes to Marbella and Khashoggi just ‘happens’ to be visiting at the exact same time there too. He is back in Marbella in March (per Maggief’s post #360) for the first time in 17 years. They are set to attend the same event at the Hotel Villa Padierna when suddenly M.O plays the ‘not tonight I have a headache’ card with the gala crowd. But she would still be accessible to the guests of the gala staying in the same hotel of the gala if need be wouldn't she? And I'm speculating Mr. Khashoggi would also have access to her, if needed...or predetermined.
The gala was Saturday evening.
The day after, Sunday, M.O. visits the king of Spain for her photo op then promptly returns home.
Sunday, the announcement is made that after months of ‘negotiations’ with the Saudis, an arms agreement has been reached to supply them with:
“The proposed $30 billion, 10-year arms package, which would be one of the biggest single deals of its kind, has been a source of behind-the-scenes tension during months of negotiations. Israeli officials have repeatedly conveyed their concerns in private that the U.S. risks undermining its military advantage by equipping regional rivals with top-flight technologies.”
When was the arms deal with the Saudis secured and by whom? Michelle's departure from Marbella and the announcement of the deal are more then coincidental.
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More background on Adnan Khashoggi from an article written in 1987.
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Khashoggi’s problems are in keeping with the way he operates. In an age of ubiquitous M.B.A.s and computer transactions, Adnan Khashoggi is a wily and gracious trader, an exemplar of the Arab-Islamic values of daring, cunning, loyalty and generosity. For him the deal is the thing, the only thing. Business, love, politics, diplomacy — they are all forms of dealmaking.”
(snip)”...When Fahd's half-brother King Faisal took the Saudi throne in 1964 and set the country on a course of close cooperation with the U.S., Khashoggi positioned himself to be the middleman between American arms manufacturers and the Saudi Defense Ministry. At Khashoggi’s instigation, the Saudis commissioned the U.S. to study their defense needs and make recommendations as to what they should buy. As a result, Khashoggi had the inside track and locked up sales-agency rights with such U.S. firms as Lockheed, Raytheon and Northrop. He eventually won exclusive commissions on 80% of all U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia.
After the Arab-Israeli war of 1973, the Arab states were eager to expand their arsenals. Moreover, the rise in oil prices gave them billions to spend on whatever weapons they desired. “That's when the middlemen like Khashoggi really started to make their killings,” says one Middle Eastern arms dealer. “It was the gold rush of the 20th century. Every con man in the world was in Arabia.” Between 1970 and 1975, Lockheed alone paid Khashoggi $106 million in commissions. During this same period, he is said to have collected hundreds of millions from other corporations. Khashoggi, says Max Helzel, then vice president of Lockheed's international marketing, “became for all practical purposes a marketing arm of Lockheed. Adnan would provide not only an entree but strategy, constant advice, and analysis.” His commissions started at 2.5% + and eventually rose to as much as 15%.
In 1975 a Senate subcommittee investigating foreign payments by American corporations looked into Khashoggi’s dealings. Northrop said it had given him $450,000 in bribes for Saudi generals. Khashoggi denied the allegations that he had asked for bribe money, but the accusations did not endear him to the Saudi ruling family. In 1976 and ‘77 the Securities and Exchange Commission attempted several times to subpoena Khashoggi as part of its investigation into arms companies. Khashoggi stayed away from the U.S. for nearly two years, but later came back to give a voluntary deposition.
By the mid-1980s, the era of cash-and-carry megadeals had wound down as oil prices declined and the oil sheiks became more sophisticated about arms transactions. By then they had reviewed thousands of arms proposals themselves and had sent their sons off to the U.S. to earn M.B.A.s. Khashoggi was no longer essential...”
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,963261-3,00.html
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Until now???
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