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Saudi King Dies
foxnews ^
| Aug 01, 2005
| Associated Press
Posted on 08/01/2005 6:44:34 AM PDT by Leatherneck_MT
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia's King Fahd (search) sought to modernize his desert kingdom while balancing change against tribal tradition and orthodox Islam, but a stroke a decade ago left him a ruler in name only during tumultuous times for the world's biggest oil producer.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: apresmoiledeluge; dies; faud; king; kingfahd; notagain; saudi
To: Leatherneck_MT
Not sure what difference it's going to make, but politics in Saudi Arabia just took an interesting turn.
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posted on
08/01/2005 6:45:17 AM PDT
by
Leatherneck_MT
(3-7-77 (No that's not a Date))
To: Leatherneck_MT
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posted on
08/01/2005 6:45:43 AM PDT
by
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
(Is your problem ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
To: Leatherneck_MT
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posted on
08/01/2005 6:45:50 AM PDT
by
Dolphan
(It's the 99% of Mohammedans that make the other 1% look bad.)
To: admin
Moderator
Please remove this post.
Also would like to ask for a search engine that works, all of the searches I put in didn't come up with the pre-existing post on this topic.
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posted on
08/01/2005 6:48:28 AM PDT
by
Leatherneck_MT
(3-7-77 (No that's not a Date))
To: Leatherneck_MT
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posted on
08/01/2005 6:52:10 AM PDT
by
lionheart 247365
(( I.S.L.A.M. ; ) Islam's Spiritual Leaders Advocate Murder .. .. .. ))
To: Leatherneck_MT
I guess he's now the King.
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posted on
08/01/2005 6:54:54 AM PDT
by
jws3sticks
(Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
To: Leatherneck_MT
Who cares, I'll still be able to sleep tonight.
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posted on
08/01/2005 4:10:39 PM PDT
by
chiefqc
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