[marron]

I don't trust Posner, see what you think. This is what we've been saying... its weird, though, to see it laid out in black and white.

[McGavin999]

Most of this stuff has been know on this site for years. We've all known that there was a split withing the Al Saud family and there is an ongoing battle between the good guys and the bad guys for the control of the country.

When the two princes died so close to each other, everyone here speculated that the reason was because they were somehow mixed up with financing terrorists.

Remember that the ruling family is over 6,000 strong, it's not like it's 3 brothers.

We're all going to have to be patient a little longer to see what's going to play out. It's going to be very interesting.

[Shermy]

For one, I don't believe the "we give money to Laden to leave us alone" bit. I believe there was quid pro quo, for example targeting and focusing on central asian hydrocarbon regions. Explains the cooperation of Iran.

There may have been a falling out in the early 1990's, for example exile to Sudan, but things changed, at least as 1996 starting with the Second Chechen War.