From Reuters:
BEIRUT - World leaders paid their respects on Monday to the late Saudi King Fahd but said his death would not affect their ties to the oil-rich kingdom, effectively ruled by his crown prince and now successor for the past decade.Western powers and Arab leaders hailed Fahd as a statesman who had skillfully balanced his role as protector of Islam's holy shrines with his kingdom's position as a key U.S. ally.
They voiced full support for King Fahd's half-brother Abdullah, already named as the new monarch.
"We have a close partnership with Saudi Arabia and good relations, and the president considers King Abdullah a friend," U.S. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.
A State Department official said: "The death is not going to have any negative impact on our relations with the kingdom."
Saudi Arabia's longstanding alliance with the United States on oil and security was severely strained after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks carried out mainly by Saudi suicide hijackers.
King Abdullah has run day-to-day affairs since a stroke debilitated Fahd in 1995, and most expect him to steer a steady course for the world's largest oil producer.
"King Fahd...led Saudi Arabia through a period of unparalleled progress and development. He was also a good friend of the United Kingdom," said British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Arab and Muslim countries flew their flags at half-mast and many announced three or even seven days of mourning for the man who ruled the desert kingdom for 23 years.
As word of Fahd's death spread, many Arab television stations interrupted programming to broadcast the Koran...
Fahd's strong ties with Washington and decision to let U.S. forces deploy in Islam's birthplace in 1990 for the Gulf War, enraged Saudi-born al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who has vowed to depose the Saudi royal family...
I really wonder how long the saudis will last.
They started all of this crap by funding terrorist groups around the globe..
No wonder oil is jumping up quickly.
No telling how long the saudi regime will last..
Abdullah (Slave of Allah) is of course the dude that played Smacky Lips with Mr Pseudo Macho:Uncurious George and then went on a hand holding romp with I wonder if they also shared Jeff Gannon.
I wonder what counterproductive, misadventures and blowback Abdullah has in store for us now.
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
FWIW, here is an example of what, I think, the Saudis are responsible for.
Evidence of Pentagon involvement in Islamist revolt in Uzbekistan
Ding Dong, the witch is dead, the witch is dead!
Unfortunately, another witch will take his place.
Oh yes, OBL is so very upset at the Saudi Govt. Yet he always forgets to bomb them and manages to slaughter innocents abroad! No doubt this is a lapse of memory, or a case of mistaken identity, or maybe the truth is OBL's ousting from Saudi Arabia is a lie. Perhaps OBL is just carring out the wishes of his Saud family. After all, war is deceit.
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The Saudi kleptocracy and deceit factory will hopefully soon come to a welcome end
.Islam is a hate filled religion of deceit and militant aggressiveness, and the House of Saud is its champion.
How many of our politicians and institutions are on the take - having their views and possible objections papered over with Saudi dollars ?
Every time I hear a Saudi rep say what a good friend of the West they are, I want to barf. Every time I hear another Bandar or Turki say it is the fault of those Zionists in Israel, I want to ask them what does the Quar'an say about Christians and Jews.
We cannot afford anymore to be blind to or tolerate these a-holes; it can kill us.
Fahd dies. Possibly this is a premonition of the coming destruction of the Kaaba - not through bombing etc.
But a massive earthquake in the region resulting in total destruction of the Kaaba is most welcome.
I'm still hoping for a bloody internecine power struggle, but if the wahabbis want to take out these oleogenous, porcine sauds, I won't shed a tear.
I'm praying for the day when I read:
"Energy breakthrough renders oil worthless!"
Then the Saudis can try marketing it as a salve for sore bums.
Which they are.
I would like to mention here that in the towm I am at present more than 40 mosques have started being built or reconstructed,based on what I see it would be an understatement that today there are at least 15-20,000 being built or reconstructed on the island of java alone. Compare this to Aceh,where people are still living in tents and make shift homes supplied by infedel suckers.
NOW
And the Saudis are today pumping millions into the Mandiri Bank Indonsia to Finance the building and reconstruction of these mosques
USA=CIA
RUSSIA=KGB
BRITIAN=M-16
ISREAL=MOSSAD
SAUDIA=??OBL HMM MAKES ME WONDER
Any chance that the women might be freed there and gain full human rights - now that Fahd has passed on??
Noo! Noo! Noo!
You must know ~ our women are like the most precious 'farm animals' in the world ~ that Allah has allowed us to have relationships - with. The Koran says that we are not allowed to have relations with our other farm animals - only the woman - As this is forbidden by the God.
Okay then ~ is there any chance that the women can wear cool white like their men folk in the hot Arabian desert?
Noo! Noo! Noo!
Our women have the highest respect and honour ~ of all the women in the whole world. That is why they wear black willingly in a place like the Arabian desert. And one day God willing ~ all the women of the world should also wear black ~ to please the God.
Hmmm ??
We are all a little puzzled by Islam. What was that about the farm animals and the women again?