Young Saudi prince dies of thrist (sic) in desert (That Makes Three)

Reuters | 7/29/02

[kattracks]

RIYADH, July 29 (Reuters) - A young Saudi prince died of thirst in the desert on Monday, the official media reported.

Prince Fahd bin Turki bin Saud al-Kabeer, 25, was travelling through the kingdom's Rimah area, where temperatures in some areas can rise above 45 degrees celsius (113 F) in the summer.

No other details were given. ((Gulf newsroom, +971 4 391 8301, fax +971 4 391 8335, dubai.newsroom@reuters.com))

© Reuters Limited.

[otterpond]

I'd like to see a family tree and see where all these Princes stand in the line of power.

I have forgotten how to post links (lack of wanting to), but if you go here

http://www.datarabia.com/

you might find some answers. It appears there are 2,500 in the family, so good luck!

[dixiechick2000]

Saudicide?

[Senator Pardek]

Let me grab my drumsticks - ba-DOOM!

[blackbart.223]

"It is America's fault that this is happening!!!"

Don't laugh! The EU and scores of third world cesspools will find a way to blame us and our love of capitalism.

[ErnBatavia]

Hell, I'm 41, and I carry a golf bag up and down the hills for 4 hours in tempuratures that high, all summer long here in Woodland Hills CA.

Ha! I don't think it's EVER hit 113 in Woodland Hills; we just moved out to La Quinta (where it hit 115 today) from Newhall (generally hotter than WH), where it never topped 110 in the past 20 years......

[snippy_about_it]

Well, the second one died on the way to the first ones funeral.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi prince was killed in a car accident Tuesday while driving to the funeral of his cousin, Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the owner of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner War Emblem

[Tunehead54]

Who cares where his spot in line was. What I want to know is was he Pro Western or one of bin Laden's backers? Answering that one will get you to the bottom of what's going on.

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Second the motion! Answer please?

[LurkerNoMore!]

Congrats.

You both are now appointed FR Ambassadors of New Dehli. Hold the mayo. (sorry Laz)

[habs4ever]

Maybe, you know, he was just,like, from the dumb branch of the clan ;-)

[Senator Pardek]

And you are FR's Ambassador to Tibet.

Do me a favor, and say "Hello, Daili" for me!

[solzhenitsyn]

Thanks for the response, snippy_about_it. The following website says the Saudi royal family has 6,000 members:

http://www.nationalguild.com/fridayreports/june_28_1996.html%20

And the following sites say it's 6,000 princes (or "male members", or similar words):

http://www.islamicvoice.com/january.2002/insights.htm

http://www.travel-guide.com/data/sau/sau580.asp

http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/sa__indx.html

So I don't know which is correct, but I'm very willing to believe it could be 6,000 or 7,000 princes and a total of 20,000 family members. That's a lot, and I wonder if they all have diplomatic immunity here!

[sonserae]

EEW! Is that picture real?

[snippy_about_it]

I read an article from 1998 that said there were 4,000 at that time but they "produced" 30-40 new princes every MONTH!

With all those wives, I can imagine!

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

....another one down, how many more princes are there?

About 2500 more males.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

I'd like to see a family tree and see where all these Princes stand in the line of power.

They wouldn't even show up on the power scale, not even the right generation. What would be of interest is to know what faction they backed.

[Clink]

I think I have it figured.

The assassin was supposed to proceed as such: off the first
Prince and make it look like "died of thirst"; off the second Prince in a "car crash" as he's on the way to identify body of first Prince; off the third Prince by "heart attack" when he hears of the first two Princes.

Unfortunately, the assassin had the instructions upside down when he read them.

[Fred Mertz]

That almost makes sense, but nobody dies of thirst these days. Heat stroke yes, thirst no.

[DainBramage]

Some one probably took him snipe hunting.

[Salman]

...another one down, how many more princes are there?

Due to polygamy, just about every member of the ruling class is a "prince" of some kind. Not all of them in line for the throne.

[Rebelbase]

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