Posted on 01/22/2015 3:32:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
(CNN) —Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud has died, according to an announcement on Saudi state TV. He was 90.
The next king will be Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, state television reported.
The announcement of his death comes several weeks after the state-run Saudi Press Agency said Abdullah was suffering from pneumonia and had been admitted to the hospital....
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I hear about that on Al Jazeera America
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3249698/posts?page=35#35
Is this why gas jumped 20c a gallon almost overnight?
Betcha he will bow too
I know they have a successor named, but it sure would be a shame if a few hundred of the princes killed each other off fighting for the throne...
Likely more like the war of the Austrian Succession.
The US in general has been the House of Saud’s Janissary corps for a while now.
They view us as their slaves.
Well, he won’t be remembered as “Father of the Year”. Are these women free yet?
“Saudi princesses plead for freedom”
Four of King Abdullah’s daughters are said to have been held in captivity for 13 years in the royal palace compound in Jeddah
http://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-princesses-plead-for-freedom/
In more ways than one can imagine. Couple *this* fact with the fact that the Houthis are taking over Yemen, directly to the south of "the Magic Kingdom", and are supported by Iran, and also within a quick road march to the city of Mecca, and could be supported (read: transported) by Iranian naval assets already in place in the Red Sea, a scenario I heard recently in one of the numerous 'prophecy' videos I've seen, becomes a whole lot more plausible, indeed, shall we say... "prophetic"?
the infowarrior
With the various forces now in place to *seriously* not just undermine, but to completely eliminate the House of Saud as a factor on the Arabian Peninsula, the reign of King Salman may be both much shorter than many think, and the final king from the House of Saud. Consider the following:
Isis has the House of Saud in its crosshairs, Iraq is within striking distance of Saudi Arabia, to its north and west...
The Houthis have essentially taken over Yemen, directly to the south. They are about 600 miles from the city of Mecca, and are supported by...
The Iranians, to the northeast, across the Persian Gulf. Iran may, or may not already possess a nuclear device, but at any rate is close to achieving one. Iranian naval assets are *already* in place in the Red Sea (on the opposite side of the country from where Iran faces Saudi Arabia) giving support to the Houthis.
I give Salman about nine months before the KSA is invaded in force by any, or all of these forces. Game, set, match...
the infowarrior
Oh please, please, please...let ISIS take out the Soddys.
What is actually in play here, is determining the fate of Mecca. If ISIS *wins* their plan is to destroy the city. The other factions merely seek to control it. Whoever decides the fate of Mecca will be the resurgent Islamic Caliphate, so much hinges on this brewing conflict, which as I stated will go full-force before the year is over. A lot at stake here...
the infowarrior
I’d just like to see the hundreds of Soddy “Crown Princes” lined up in rows, on the sand, in their blood stained robes.
Where?
Death of King Unlikely to Alter Saudi Oil Policy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3249828/posts
I smell a golfing vacation in Dubai.
Dallas area.
It was $1.67, then jumped to $1.89.
Infowarrior wrote:
“...What is actually in play here,is determining the fate of Mecca. If ISIS *wins* their plan is to destroy the city. The other factions merely seek to control it. ...”
Thing is, no mecca, no hajj pilgrimage... one of the 5 pillars of Islam.
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