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Sultan of Oman has died
Arab News ^
| Jan. 11, 2020
Posted on 01/10/2020 5:43:42 PM PST by nuconvert
Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said died on Friday evening, state media said early on Saturday. Qaboos, 79, had ruled the Gulf Arab state since he took over in a bloodless coup in 1970.
Qaboos had no children and had not publicly appointed a successor. A 1996 statute says the ruling family will choose a successor within three days of the throne becoming vacant.
If they fail to agree, a council of military and security officials, supreme court chiefs and heads of the two assemblies will put in power the person whose name has been secretly written by the sultan in a sealed letter.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: israel; jerusalem; lastbooxkaar; letshavejerusalem; muslimworld; obituary; ohwellthen; oman; qaboos; qaboosbinsaid; royals; sultan; waronterror
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To: BenLurkin
Yeah I know. Ha. I think it’s actually pronounced more like Gahboos
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:57:34 PM PST
by
nuconvert
( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
To: nuconvert
If they fail to agree, a council of military and security officials, supreme court chiefs and heads of the two assemblies will put in power the person whose name has been secretly written by the sultan in a sealed letter.
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No Democracy in that part of the world.
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:58:39 PM PST
by
Yulee
To: dontreadthis; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; redshawk
"Babe Ruth was nothing more than a fat old man, with little-girl legs. And here's something I just found out recently. He wasn't really a sultan. Ah, what d'you make of that?"
To: nuconvert
This could be a bad oman.
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:03:11 PM PST
by
dontreadthis
(A TIMELINE OF TREASON on Profile Page)
To: nuconvert
I lived in Oman in the late seventies working in the oilfields there. Sultan Qaboos was a good and moral Sultan of Oman. He loved his nation and all his actions were for the good his nation. He was also a total ally of the USA but it was done quietly. He was a stabilizing force in that region of unrest.
I hope his successor is an equal of Sultan Qaboos. He will be missed. He was a good man a very good man!
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:03:12 PM PST
by
cpdiii
( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:04:43 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
To: cpdiii
” He was a stabilizing force in that region of unrest.
I hope his successor is an equal of Sultan Qaboos”
You can hope.....
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:05:57 PM PST
by
nuconvert
( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
To: nuconvert
He must’ve had dirt on the Clinton’s.
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:07:30 PM PST
by
wjcsux
(Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself.)
To: nuconvert
Did he wear those curly toe’d shoes?
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:07:58 PM PST
by
Eddie01
To: nuconvert
Once was enough for me, too.
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:08:43 PM PST
by
null and void
(The government wants to disarm us after 243 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!)
To: nickcarraway
Oh man. No, it's Oman. One word.
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:11:19 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(DNC: The party of pernicious knids, wangdoodles and hornswogglers.)
To: Billthedrill
Are you going to be named Sheik Yerbooty?
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:12:25 PM PST
by
ResponseAbility
(The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:13:19 PM PST
by
boomop1
(Term limits is the only way to change this failed government.)
To: BradyLS
That joke hit me like a freight train!
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:15:05 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Hold onto that impeachment for a while. It'll get better with age, just like Jennifer Rubin has.)
To: nuconvert
Oman - very important strategic ally for us... big air base there
RIP sultan, enjoy the virgins
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:20:18 PM PST
by
sheehan
(DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
To: ResponseAbility
****A 1996 statute says the ruling family will choose a successor within three days of the throne becoming vacant.
If they fail to agree, a council of military and security officials, supreme court chiefs and heads of the two assemblies will put in power the person whose name has been secretly written by the sultan in a sealed letter.*
Thus the lawyer.
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:20:56 PM PST
by
ResponseAbility
(The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
To: Eddie01
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:21:58 PM PST
by
Cvengr
( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
To: nuconvert
too bad it wasn’t Omar...
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:23:35 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
01/10/2020 6:32:05 PM PST
by
headsonpikes
(Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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