Posted on 03/08/2020 7:54:35 PM PDT by bitt
The arrests have raised questions about whether the crown prince was on the verge of taking full power from his father, King Salman.
The scope of a new roundup of Saudi royals widened on Saturday with word that a fourth senior prince has been detained under orders from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to two Saudis close to the royal family, in a sign that he is determined to crack down on even whispers of dissent.
The wave of arrests has ensnared a former head of army intelligence, Prince Nayef bin Ahmed, as well as at least three other senior princes, all detained on Friday. The full extent of the roundup is still not clear.
Crown Prince Mohammed, 34, has already consolidated his power as the de facto ruler of the kingdom in the name of his aging father, King Salman, 84. But the arrests offered new evidence of how far the crown prince would go to lock down potential opponents within his family, stirring new fear within its ranks, according to several people close to the family.
The most senior family member detained was Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the father of Prince Nayef and the last surviving full brother of King Salman. The arrests of both father and son stunned the royal family because Prince Ahmed’s closeness to the king had so far appeared to provide him a measure of immunity against the wrath of the crown prince, even when he came down on others. The detentions also raised questions about whether the crown prince might have feared a plot against him within the family, or that he might be seeking to shut down potential opponents as he prepares to take full power from the aging king.
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Hmmm, the Marine Corps dates it’s founding to the establishment of the Colonial Marines in 1775. The modern Corps was reestablished during the The Quasi-War with France in 1798. The Barbary Wars didn’t begin until 1801. It did contribute a line of lyrics to the Marine’s Hymn though.
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His market move to drop oil prices and flood the market is meant to take out Iran.
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