Posted on 04/28/2015 8:54:55 PM PDT by tcrlaf
audi King Salman bin Abdulaziz has sacked his younger half-brother as crown prince and appointed his nephew, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, as the new heir apparent, state television said.
Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall, reporting from Jizan in the country's south, said the reshuffle was announced by royal decree via state television early on Wednesday.
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Political earthquake'
Khalil Jahshan, the executive director for the Arab Centre of Washington from Fairfax, Virginia, said that the reshuffle constitutes a "political earthquake of the greatest magnitude".
"The Saudi Arabia we knew a few hours ago is no longer," Jahshan told Al Jazeera, adding: "These are serious changes that will have repercussions not only domestically but also internationally.
"This is a very decisive answer by King Salman to the doubts that many experts have expressed since he came into power with regards to his health, his decisiveness and his control over political matters in the kingdom. And this is his unequivocal answer."
King Salman also appointed his son, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as deputy crown prince, and replaced veteran foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal with the kingdom's Washington ambassador Adel al-Jubeir.
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At most there's a showdown coming that will result in some useless appendages being sequestered off into a pensioned retirement as their assets fall under the control of the technocrats.
Madinah, Rajab 14, 1436, May 3, 2015, SPA — Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Madinah Region, received here on Sunday the people of the region who pledged allegiance to the crown prince and deputy crown prince.
http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/details.php?id=1357204
they will have problems.
Obama may side with one of the rebellious factions.
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