Ulitzer95 10,947 Posted November 7, 2017 8 hours ago, RishCast said: Adding to things that happened in the Saudi royal family over the past day and a half to 2 days or so, another Saudi Prince, Abdul Aziz bin Fahd, has died aged 44. Allegedly, his death occurred during a gunfight during which he was resisting arrest. His father was King Fahd, who was the 2nd king before the current one. He was at one point the head of the Office of the Council of Ministers (11 years, 2000-2011) and was one of the closest aides to the previous king, King Abdullah, before they had a falling out, possibly over his closeness to Crown Prince Nayef, who was Crown Prince for a couple of months until his death from what was officially called "cardiac problems." The Saudi royal family remains majorly complicated in its relations and what influence any member has at any given time, but I'm pretty sure both this death and Mansour's over the space of about a day or so make it pretty clear that the purge of competitors for the throne isn't just limited to the arrests. Saudi news agencies seem to be pulling the story. Suggests is could be false, or that he survived. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,001 Posted November 7, 2017 More importantly, Abdul Aziz bin Fahd was/is the "shabby sheik" who parties in New York by hiring venues out, paying top models to be there and then stands in the corner looking like an Arab Kevin Smith drinking Slurpees 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted November 7, 2017 With the Worlds biggest IPO in the offing from them, he can afford to. The Exchanges are prostituting themselves to get it with them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,001 Posted November 7, 2017 Are you implying that the crackdown on various senior political figures in Saudi Arabia, along with Casino Donny's volte face on the House of Saud, is somehow related to the Aramco IPO? Surely not... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted November 7, 2017 Gosh no. It would be ludicrous to imagine that was the reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 475 Posted November 7, 2017 https://www.globalresearch.ca/saudi-prince-abdul-aziz-bin-fahd-a-business-partner-of-former-lebanons-prime-minister-hariri-dies-during-arrest/5617064 More news on Abdul Aziz bin Fahd: ex-CIA agent says he's dead, was apparently a business partner of just quit Lebanese PM. What I'm curious about is why all the changes right now, up to and including the well documented change in Crown Prince. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted November 7, 2017 Lololololol you not read the last couple of posts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 475 Posted November 7, 2017 2 minutes ago, charon said: Lololololol you not read the last couple of posts? I'm eyeballing the king as a potential surprise next year at this point, tbh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,211 Posted November 7, 2017 House of Saud theme team? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted January 28, 2018 (Yeah I know....but we don't get many chances in this thread so sue me)Sheikha Hessa bint Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, the mother of Sheikh Khalifa, President of the UAE, and the first wife of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan, founding President of the UAE, has died, it has been announced. SC (btw 'bint' in general means 'of the family of' IIRC) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 14,797 Posted January 28, 2018 54 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: (btw 'bint' in general means 'of the family of' IIRC) I thought it meant 'daughter of', but IMBW. Bint is a rather old-fashioned slang word for a girl or woman in England. Probably picked up by soldiers in the Middle East during the world wars, so the usage has all but died out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 475 Posted January 28, 2018 53 minutes ago, Toast said: I thought it meant 'daughter of', but IMBW. Nah, I'm pretty sure it's 'daughter of' as well - which is why bin is a thing, in that it means 'son of' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted January 28, 2018 7 hours ago, CastAway said: Nah, I'm pretty sure it's 'daughter of' as well - which is why bin is a thing, in that it means 'son of' You may be correct on that point. I like the sounds of it at least. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,939 Posted March 13, 2018 Prince Bandar bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who I think was the son of King Salman (who can keep up?) is dead, reported by scurrilous media to have committed suicide after being ordered to leave the UK. Oman's Sultan Qaboos has sent condolences anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,712 Posted March 13, 2018 Is that the same Prince Bandar who was famously the US Ambassador? Or another? tbf it is a very big family. Big names too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,939 Posted March 13, 2018 1 hour ago, msc said: Is that the same Prince Bandar who was famously the US Ambassador? Or another? tbf it is a very big family. Big names too! I don't think so, there was Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud followed by Khalid bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who's the third son of Prince Bandar, and there's so many Bandars I don't know any more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 2,930 Posted March 14, 2018 12 hours ago, time said: I don't think so, there was Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud followed by Khalid bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who's the third son of Prince Bandar, and there's so many Bandars I don't know any more. They have one of those old office Bandar machines. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,939 Posted March 15, 2018 On 3/13/2018 at 22:02, msc said: Is that the same Prince Bandar who was famously the US Ambassador? Or another? tbf it is a very big family. Big names too! According to this Moroccan report, it was this feller, Chairman of Al-Watan, Saudi progressive newspaper. There are suggestions that he was trying to escape from an abduction attempt, accidentally killing himself in the process. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted April 11, 2018 Prominent Bahraini Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, who has been stripped of his nationality by the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty, has been rushed to hospital over deteriorating health as the Manama regime does not shy away from its suppressive measures against pro-democracy campaigners in the country. Arabic-language Lualua television network reported that the 81-year-old cleric was hospitalized on Wednesday, without providing any further information. SC (**diabolically rubs hands together, thinking of May Cup team** bwa-ha-haaaa) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,090 Posted June 10, 2018 Sheikha Hala, the former wife of Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, has died. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/sheikha-hala-wife-of-bahrains-crown-prince-dies/2018/06/09/b3afcfcc-6c59-11e8-a335-c4503d041eaf_story.html?utm_term=.57704a8b9d2a Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,118 Posted June 25, 2018 On 11/04/2018 at 11:15, Sir Creep said: Prominent Bahraini Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, who has been stripped of his nationality by the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty, has been rushed to hospital over deteriorating health as the Manama regime does not shy away from its suppressive measures against pro-democracy campaigners in the country. Arabic-language Lualua television network reported that the 81-year-old cleric was hospitalized on Wednesday, without providing any further information. SC (**diabolically rubs hands together, thinking of May Cup team** bwa-ha-haaaa) Hospitalized again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,090 Posted July 2, 2018 Sheikh Mubarak bin Qarran al Mansoori, a close friend & advisor to the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE's Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has died. He was 79. https://www.thenational.ae/uae/sheikh-mubarak-bin-qarran-al-mansoori-close-friend-and-adviser-to-sheikh-zayed-has-died-1.746228 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,028 Posted December 22, 2018 On 20/05/2013 at 22:01, adrian0719 said: As the Saudi royals keep dropping like flies, I thought I would post a list of the remainder of Ibn Saud's 45 sons and their various health ailments: Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1923) King Abdullah (1924, lots of surgeries, strokes? dementia?) Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1926, strokes and other medical mishaps) Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1931) Mutain bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1931) Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1931) Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1932) Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1934) Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1935, stroke, some say dementia) Abdul Illah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1939) Mamdouh bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1940) Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1942) Mashhur bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1942) Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1945) Dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted July 3, 2019 An Arab prince has been found dead in his London home amid claims of a drug-fuelled orgy. Staff discovered the body of Sheik Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasim, 39, at his Knightsbridge penthouse on Monday morning, The Sunreports. An ambulance called police who are said to have found a quantity of class A drugs at the scene. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
