Emir of Kuwait Dead

CNN | 14 January 2006

[Thinkin' Gal]

Per CNN...

[Thinkin' Gal]

I meant to put it in breaking news, but I suppose it isn't that important. Dime a dozen dead emirs.

[Thinkin' Gal]

They come in threes, Shelley Elvis' mother, then the Emir, now who? Rock Hudson, Gerry (of the Pacemakers), or who, Paul Anka, perhaps for putting out that awful heavy metal album?

Anybody seen Neil Sedaka lately?

[Rastus]

It's not heavy metal. It's certain rock and pop songs in a lounge style amenable to Anka's talents.

[Hank Rearden]

Anybody seen Neil Sedaka lately?

I just love the segues around here. From Moos to Mood Music.

[wallcrawlr]

I cant remember...am I supposed to shoot my gun off into the air when someone dies?...or is that just at weddings?...a little help please.

[MozartLover]

Hmmmm........I know someone who will be watching events closely.........

[Revolting cat!]

I looked up Neil Sedaka and he's booked until October, In this age of WOT, it's Freddy 'boom boom' Cannon I'd be worried about!

[MozartLover]

KUWAIT CITY: The Emir of oil-rich Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, died on Sunday aged 77, according to an Emiri court statement read on state television by information minister Anas al-Rasheed.

The statement announced a 40-day mourning.

Government offices will be closed for three days.

Sheikh Jaber, who ruled since 1978, had been ill since suffering a brain hemorrhage in September 2001.

State television broadcast verses of the Koran after the announcement.

The emir was the 13th ruler of a 245-year-old dynasty that has ruled Kuwait since the Anaiza tribe, to which the al-Sabahs belonged, migrated from the Arabian hinterland.

Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in neighbouring Iraq in 2003 and United States calls for change in the Middle East, the ruling family had come under intense pressure from Islamists and pro-Western liberals to loosen its grip on the government and share power.

Kuwait, a founder OPEC member, enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, despite its reliance on oil exports, unpredictable oil income and huge losses from the 1990-1991 Iraq occupation.

The small Gulf state sits on one-tenth of the world's crude oil reserves, or 95 billion barrels.

Used as the launchpad for the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, Kuwait hosts up to 30,000 US troops and some 13,000 US citizens live in the country.

Kuwait has cracked down on Islamists opposing the US military presence there.

Diplomats say radical Islam is taking hold among Kuwaiti youth.

In December, a Kuwaiti court sentenced to death six suspected militants linked to Al Qaeda for bloody attacks in the country.

The six were among 37 Islamists on trial as members of the Peninsula Lions group believed to be linked to Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda in Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

-(DILIGENT MEDIA CORP. article)

[VadeRetro]

Don't know how to tell you this about Rock Hudson...

[Revolting cat!]

Oh no, how is Tony Perkins, though?

[VadeRetro]

In other news, President Garfield has been shot by a disappointed office-seeker.

[Revolting cat!]

So what, are you saying that all the poofters in Hollywood are dead?

[VadeRetro]

No, they must have great recruiting.

[McGavin999]

May he rest in peace. He was a good man.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Diplomats say radical Islam is taking hold among Kuwaiti youth.

That's not good.

And what kind of health is Hosni in these days, I wonder.

[Thinkin' Gal]

In this age of WOT, it's Freddy 'boom boom' Cannon I'd be worried about!

No kidding. Check out the Islamic overtones on his home page!

http://www.freddycannon.com

[MozartLover]

No, it is not good at all.

Haven't heard anything about Mubarak recently..

[Hank Rearden]

I cant remember...am I supposed to shoot my gun off into the air when someone dies?...or is that just at weddings?...a little help please.

Some people do that, yes. Personally, when some idiot Moo croaks I shoot guns, then order in a couple racks of baby racks, then drink a lot of beer and ululate all over the bushes out back.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah speaks to reporters as Gulf Arab leaders arrive December 21, 2003. Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, has died, state television reported on Sunday. The announcement was made in a statement from the royal court carried by the television. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee

On first read it looked like Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah spooks reporters.

[ALASKA]

Does this mean that...............Shelley....Winters was the Emir............of Kuwait?