[a fool in paradise]

Osama Bin Laden was a billionaire.
Yassir Arafat was a billionaire.

It isn’t about money.

It is about an evil death cult. It has been a menace for a thousand years. Sometimes raging and sometimes not so much. It’s raging again and could get hotter.

[cloudmountain]

Osama bin Laden was THROWN OUT of the KSA. Even his family didn't want him. He and his family were told, by the Saudi government, that if he ever did return to the KSA he would be beheaded.
The bin Laden family was very powerful and rich and they disowned Osama bin a****le.

[cloudmountain]

I lived in the KSA for five years with my husband. He was a gas engineer for our local gas and electric company and went there FOR MONEY and to work in the gas fields.
The oil company ARAMCO (no US involvement) had been BURNING OFF all the natural gas that comes up WITH all the petroleum.

Finally, it was decided to capture the gas, liquify it, bottle it and sell it. They were the FIRST lng (liquified natural gas) plant in the area.

The KSA also DID not allow Christian men of the cloth to live and work in the KSA, SO the King, as advised, decided to call those men "special teachers."
*There was a Protesant minister who held service for all the Protestant denominations.
**We even had a Vicar who said service for the few (six) Anglicans on camp.
***The priest ministered to us Catholics. There was a TON of young Filippino men who attended daily Mass as well.

Our priest (Capuchin, I think) on camp said a daily 9:00 A.M. Mass. I ended up going to daily MASS in the KSA, with, I might add, the blessing of my Muslim boss. My Catholic, Indian co-worker was the one who objected.

I continue daily Mass today here at home in the USA. God does work in mysterious ways.

All Christian services were held at the LARGE clubhouse on camp. It served many purposes too, dinners, parties, dances, etc.