Saudi Arabia Declares State of Alert (Security Forces Called Back From Leave)

CNBC-TV | Andrea Mitchell

[Rutles4Ever]

Obviously related to the illness. Must be series.

[thoughtomator]

Pretty darn long line... I wonder how fast it will move.

[Stellar Dendrite]

"This is hugh!"

No, I'm sorry. THIS is Hugh:

http://www.autographseek.com/images/Hugh%20Grant%20-%20Bild.jpg
Yes, I'm series.

[Stellar Dendrite]

"This is hugh!" No, I'm sorry. THIS is Hugh:
Yes, I'm series.

[ElisabethInCincy]

lolol this board cracks me up

[Hank Rearden]

The Moos just need an excuse to start bouncing up and down in the streets, hollering some incomprehensible gibberish and shaking their fists in the air.

Same old, same old.

[sully777]

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Goldman Sachs is salivating at the prospect of jacking oil prices based on an assumption of a rumor of an assumption that Saudi oil may be in jeopardy of free flow.

Leer and Swiss America say that we better buy gold futures, just in case.

[pctech]

What will be the result if he does die? How will this play out for the U.S.?

[Vindicator1]

is that like a coupe de ville?

[AlGone2001]

maybe there is a written process to replace Abdullah and it is expected to get ugly?

It looks like a great time for a transition toward democracy.

[keats5]

What a photo! I've never seen Hugh look so series.

[LonePalm]

wahabism priests might try pull a fast coupe de ta

C'est "un coup de tête."

The siganture block says it all.

Il n'y a pas d'honte être français. Il y a seulement l'honte dans rester de français.
(There is no shame in being French. There is only shame in staying French.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Bombardier]

Coup watch. This could get interesting.....maybe someone'll do in that sleaze Abdullah....

[oceanview]

we've got some mechanized divisions just to the north - maybe we should head south and "secure" the oil fields.

[SevenofNine]

OMG Rack it ROFL LOL!

God you have love Rummy LOL!

[GOPJ]

Isn't the sick guy currently just king in name only since his stroke? His brother has been running the place for the last view years.

If the head of the House of Saud had been in a coma for the last few years, his rule would have been respected. If the anti-Western part of the family had moved against him before the death, they could have been discredited.

Power goes like this: Father to brothers. Father to Uncles on his father's side. Father to sons of first wife. Father to sons of other wives (four wives are the Max) Father to illegitimate sons. Father to Grandsons of first wife's son's. Ect. Then brother to brother of first wife. And it goes on and on and on. And each relationship is defined by tradition.

What's happening now is a big deal.

The family on the "outs" says "in" males are immoral, decadent and western. They accuse the men of having three wives and leaving the 4th slot open for prostitutes - women they marry at midnight and divorce at 8AM. And there's more, but you get the idea. It's not pretty.

There's infighting, massive amounts of money and lots of power to fight over. And it's family. To understand think of a rich grandfather dying in this country without a will and 800 family members who are willing to fight to the death to get what they consider their share. I'm concerned.

[vger]

Keep yer beebers stuned!

[justshutupandtakeit]

Kim Philby's dear old dad, St. John Philby was instrumental in establishing the House of Saud. He even converted to Islam and married a Saudi girl.

[SIDENET]

Series? It's freaking hugh. Could be an explosing situation.

I'm stuned.

[M. Espinola]

"The illness? Wahabiism?"

He has a severe case of cronic-Wahhabism.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Naw, it's hugh.