Posted on 01/29/2011 1:45:18 PM PST by FromLori
Saudi Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has warned the country's royal family to step down and flee before a military coup or a popular uprising overthrows the kingdom.
In a letter published by Wagze news agency on Tuesday, the Cairo-based prince warned Saudi Arabia's ruling family of a fate similar to that of Iraq's executed dictator Saddam Hussein and the ousted Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, calling on them to escape before people "cut off our heads in streets."
He warned that the Saudi royal family is no longer able to "impose" itself on people, arguing that deviations in carrying out the religious concepts that make up the basis of the Saudi government "have gotten out of our hands," so that the opposition views our acts as "interfering in people's private life and restricting their liberties."
"If we are wise, we must leave this country to its people, whose dislike for us is increasing," said Prince Turki, advising Saudi officials to escape with their families.
"Do it today before tomorrow as long as the money we have is enough for us to live anywhere in the world; from Switzerland to Canada and Australia…we should not return as long as we are able to get out safely, we must take our families quickly and pull out," he urged.
"Do not fool yourself by relying on the United States or Britain or Israel, because they will not survive the loss; the only door open is now the exit door of no return. Let us go before it closes."
He finally warned against a military coup against the ruling family, saying "no one will attack us from outside but our armed forces will attack us."
Prince Turki is a member of the liberal Free Princes movement founded in the 1950s
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Great.
Well, this will get very interesting soon.
There is no doubt that our policy in the middle east has long been at odds with our own values. In that dangerous neighborhood we have long opted for stability over liberty.
Pretty lame looking protest.
LOL
Drill Baby Drill!!!!
Lebanon was the starting point. Hizbollah gained a recent victory in the government. Do not be fooled: this is completely orchestrated by Hez and the puppet who pulls their strings: Ahimanutjob.
We may have no choice but to go to Compressed Natural Gas powered vehicles, which is fine. Honda makes a CNG powered Civic that gets the equivalent of 40 MPG. Many city, state and utility vehicle fleets already run on CNG.
All Obama has to do is create an Executive Order requiring ALL Federal vehicles to be CNG powered. Since the Federales purchase the largest vehicle fleets, Ford, GM and Chrysler would have CNG vehicles available for the consumer. We can then tell the Middle East, Chavez, and the rest of the foreign producers to shove it.
That they are protesting at all is shocking given their income/economy but give it time this is spreading like a wild fire on a very windy day. The Tunisian riots started via Facebook just like these are. They are also fighting flooding that has killed a few people.
Old, but that’s all I could find. Well over $3 in the tri-state area too. Makes you wonder about the times when $2.50 was considered a lot
Iran must be killed.
The Gulf Arabs must attack and kill Iran ASAP
Many Brits have already converted their vehicles to CNG.
There is no way for me to verify what they are protesting from the video.
“Russia also has a lot to loose from these revolutions. They don’t want an even more unstable ME on their door step.”
ME is not on Russia’s door step at all. US controls ME now and stability means lower oil prices. Instability is the total opposite and Russia might even gain some friends in the process.
My knee-jerk reaction is: PROPAGANDA!!!
Disclaimer: Unless things are much, MUCH worse than we know.
Declare a national emergency, suspend all regulations and drill baby drill!!
Good. The sooner we are done with the ‘our dear friends, the saudis’ charade, the better.
Jack Daniels, Johnny Walker...
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The big difference between Saudi Arabia and the other Islamic nations that are in revolt.....is that the Saudi’s have an extensive welfare network that keeps dissent down. Too many Saudi’s are fat and unmotivated....and know that a revolution means they will lose their government handouts.
Also, in Saudi Arabia, they would also have to overthrow the Ulema....the religious police. The Saudi royals rule based on an agreement with the Islamic Ulema....the royals run the secular parts of Saudi...while the Ulema handle the religious. Any Saudi revolution would have to overthrow both the royal family and Ulema. The Ulema response would be more drastic than the Saudi royals to any revolution
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