5
0

Holy Shit: Palace Revolution in Saudi Arabia


 invite response                
2017 Nov 4, 5:48pm   16,822 views  67 comments

by MisdemeanorRebel   ➕follow (12)   💰tip   ignore  

As an alleged Houthi Missile was shot down over Saudi Arabia, King Salman and Crown Price Mohammed removed several figures, from the Army to the Navy.

King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz has sacked prince Moteib Bin Abdullah, Minister of the National Guard from his post on Saturday through a Royal order.

Prince Khalid bin Ayyaf has been appointed as minister for the National Guard.


A second Royal Order was issued to relieve Minister of Economy and Planning, Adel al-Faqieh, from his duties, and the appointment of Mohammed Al Tuwaijri as Minister of Economy and Planning.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2017/11/04/King-Salman-issues-Royal-Orders-relieves-Minister-of-the-National-Guard.html
They also arrested Saudi Billionaire and Trump Hater, Prince al-Waleed bin Talal,on corruption charges, along with several other ministers and former ministers.
LONDON — Saudi Arabia announced the arrest on Saturday night of the prominent billionaire investor Prince al-Waleed bin Talal, plus at least 10 other princes, four ministers and tens of former ministers.

The announcement of the arrests was made over Al Arabiya, the Saudi-owned satellite network whose broadcasts are officially approved.

The sweeping campaign of arrests appears to be the latest move to consolidate the power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the favorite son and top adviser of King Salman.

The king had decreed the creation of a powerful new anticorruption committee, headed by the crown prince, only hours before the committee ordered the arrests.

Al Arabiya said that the anticorruption committee has the right to investigate, arrest, ban from travel or freeze the assets of anyone it deems corrupt.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-waleed-bin-talal.html



WOW. History in the making folks. And it was all waiting for a President that could backstop them during their reforms, who wasn't a Political Islamicist Sympathizer or Neoliberal, but a man of business.

#Saudi #SaudiArabia #EndOfWahabi

Comments 1 - 40 of 67       Last »     Search these comments

1   anonymous   2017 Nov 4, 10:54pm  

what goes around comes around.
2   Patrick   2017 Nov 4, 11:14pm  

This could be good news.

Also nice that a Houthi rocket reached Riyadh.
3   anonymous   2017 Nov 5, 12:19am  

TwoScoopsMcGee says
WOW. History in the making folks. And it was all waiting for a President that could backstop them during their reforms, who wasn't a Political Islamicist Sympathizer or Neoliberal, but a man of business.

Yeah, except the implementation of Vision 2030 has zero to do with Trump.
4   steverbeaver   2017 Nov 5, 12:28am  

Still figuring what reaction to have. This could be Turkey revolution 2.0 for all I can tell for now.
5   Shaman   2017 Nov 5, 4:56am  

anonymous says
The blogger Raif Badawi, for example, has been in prison since 2012 despite an international effort to free him


There are some things that are unforgivable, and blogging is one of them!
6   anonymous   2017 Nov 5, 5:02am  

Look how far we’ve come

Trumpcucks embracing Moderate Islam



What’s next? Believe any accuser of any sexual allegations, no matter how lame and dated? That will be the day. These people are indistinguishable from women
7   bob2356   2017 Nov 5, 5:04am  

anonymous says
Might want to hold off on yet another celebration until you see what exactly unfolds in the line of "reforms". The only real reform right now seems to be a quick consolidation of power into one person's hands and a go along with Washington to some degree to marginalize Iran somewhat. Be careful what you wish for on this one, they are playing footsie with the Russians as well concerning arms etc. and we may find ourselves on the short end of the stick once again.


Hold off a long time. The people being removed are direct succession and a possible future threat to Salman. More like a preemptive strike than any kind of shake up. Looks like the concern about corruption seems to be corruption that costs the royal family money, not corruption that affects ordinary saudis.

If you believe the saudis new found concern about terrorism goes beyond protecting the royal family from domestic terrorists and getting the oil iPO off the ground I've got some only slighty damp land in florida I'd love to sell you.
8   Strategist   2017 Nov 5, 9:17am  

Looks like our hold on the Saudis is increasing. Nothing like destroying the mother of all terrorism from the inside.
9   MisdemeanorRebel   2017 Nov 5, 9:27am  

errc says
Look how far we’ve come

Trumpcucks embracing Moderate Islam


Look how far we've come. Leftists who had no problem with Saudi Arabia's big donations to Obama and Hillary and the Clinton Foundation, it now cuts no ice with them to see Women Driving and their detractors arrested, long time Wahabi symps and even Princes being sacked, calls for restoring Moderate Islam, and sports events open to women, too. Just in the past few weeks after the Orb of Covfefe meeting and the announcement by the Crown Prince.

What next? Calling Donna Brazille a liar? I thought she dindu nuttin'?

I continue to be amazed in 2017, watching the Democrats turn into the Party that hates the working class, spews "never again!" McCarthyism, it's biggest donors are sexpest sleezeballs, a Senator up on corruption charges and accused of sleeping with underage girls, etc. etc.

Please run Kamala Harris in 2020.
10   anonymous   2017 Nov 5, 9:36am  

TwoScoopsMcGee says
errc says
Look how far we’ve come

Trumpcucks embracing Moderate Islam


Look how far we've come. Leftists who had no problem with Saudi Arabia's big donations to Obama and Hillary and the Clinton Foundation, it now cuts no ice with them to see Women Driving and their detractors arrested, long time Wahabi symps and even Princes being sacked, calls for restoring Moderate Islam, and sports events open to women, too. Just in the past few weeks after the Orb of Covfefe meeting and the announcement by the Crown Prince.

What next? Calling Donna Brazille a liar? I thought she dindu nuttin'?

I continue to be amazed in 2017, watching the Democrats turn into the Party that hates the working class, spews "never again!" McCarthyism, it's biggest donors are sexpest sleezeballs, a Senator up on corruption charges and accused of sleeping with underage girls, etc. etc.

Please run Kamala Harris in 2020.


Even more amazing is the Right in this country. After going on and on and on about The Debt and ‘Obamacare ‘ for years, you’d think Trump and Republicans would have resolved these issues rather than exacerbated them!
11   MrMagic   2017 Nov 5, 12:41pm  

Saudi Helicopter Carrying 8 High-Ranking Officials & Prince Bin-Muqrin Crashed Near Yemen Border - All Dead.

The shocking latest twist in what has been a chaotic weekend in Saudi Arabia is news that a helicopter transporting 8 high-ranking Saudi officials (including prince Mansour bin-Muqrin) has crashed in the south of the Kingdom, near the border with Yemen.

Sky News Arabia confirms an earlier report from Al-Watan news..."Newsletter: loss of a helicopter carrying a number of officials in the southern Asir, Saudi Arabia"

Details are few for now but some headlines report that the high-ranking officials aboard included Crown Prince Mansour bin-Muqrin, deputy Emir of Asir province.

Just what is going on in Saudi Arabia?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-05/saudi-helicopter-carrying-8-high-ranking-officials-crown-prince-mansour-crashed-all-
12   Tenpoundbass   2017 Nov 5, 12:47pm  

Sniper says
Just what is going on in Saudi Arabia?


Can't MAGA when Global Socialists can finance subversive conflicts in Democratic Republics.
13   justme   2017 Nov 5, 1:08pm  

It seems like it is more of a palace crackdown or palace power consolidation than a palace revolution, does it not?
14   anonymous   2017 Nov 5, 1:13pm  

Sniper says
Saudi Helicopter Carrying 8 High-Ranking Officials & Prince Bin-Muqrin Crashed Near Yemen Border - All Dead.


Someone is cleaning house fast.
15   Shaman   2017 Nov 5, 2:18pm  

It’s hard to get upset about someone killing a few sand vipers.
16   Strategist   2017 Nov 5, 2:26pm  

Sniper says
Just what is going on in Saudi Arabia?


Whatever it is, I get the feeling it benefits us.
17   Strategist   2017 Nov 5, 4:18pm  

APOCALYPSEFUCK_is_ADORABLE says
Saudi Arabia needs hot chicks fucking on the floor of burning mosques and FREE! beer and bacon sandwiches for the entire kingdom!


A few more years and the hot Saudi chicks will be having sex on the beach. You are invited.
18   Booger   2017 Nov 5, 7:17pm  

TwoScoopsMcGee says
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman


19   Tenpoundbass   2017 Nov 5, 7:41pm  

Some think this Coup is the result of the Paradise Papers. Which are considered to be the Panama Papers part II

https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/the-paradise-papers/
21   MrMagic   2017 Nov 5, 7:50pm  

Regarding 27 and 32, is he insinuating Hillary and friends will be having visitors very soon?
23   Rew   2017 Nov 6, 12:07am  

errc says
Look how far we’ve come

Trumpcucks embracing Moderate Islam


LOL. Trumpcucks are embracing another authoritarian regime. Nothing new here really.

I have a very bad feeling about the next King in the making here. Again, like Trump, I hope to be proven wrong, but I do not think the 2030 plan, or women driving, is anything but breadcrumbs. There isn't going to be a major shift toward a more egalitarian society here. I think there will, however, be new power dynamics and a much more active Saudi presence.

As crazy as it may seem, Iran is actually the far more progressive state/counter.
24   Rew   2017 Nov 6, 12:15am  

Strategist says
Looks like our hold on the Saudis is increasing. Nothing like destroying the mother of all terrorism from the inside.


"Our hold"? If you mean power is being concentrated into a single individual, who is an extremely savy politician, and ruthless enough to oust and imprison foes, to cement central rule ... is a "hold" ... surrrreeeee ... Trump is more like kitten MbS blew his nose on, comparatively.
25   bob2356   2017 Nov 6, 1:04am  

Rew says
I have a very bad feeling about the next King in the making here. Again, like Trump, I hope to be proven wrong, but I do not think the 2030 plan, or women driving, is anything but breadcrumbs. There isn't going to be a major shift toward a more egalitarian society here. I think there will, however, be new power dynamics and a much more active Saudi presence.


There won't be any actual elimination of fundamentalist wahhabism either. The radical imans hold a lot of power in KSA and around the world. They aren't going to be giving it up.
26   Ceffer   2017 Nov 6, 7:46am  

The 1400s are so much fun. When is the last time we had a good ole mass murder royal putsch over religion and politics?
27   Strategist   2017 Nov 6, 8:10am  

Rew says
Strategist says
Looks like our hold on the Saudis is increasing. Nothing like destroying the mother of all terrorism from the inside.


"Our hold"? If you mean power is being concentrated into a single individual, who is an extremely savy politician, and ruthless enough to oust and imprison foes, to cement central rule ... is a "hold" ... surrrreeeee ... Trump is more like kitten MbS blew his nose on, comparatively.


This guy, Mohammad Bin Sultan - MBS, makes a perfect puppet. The Middle East is not ready for any form of democracy, using them as puppets is the only way to control them.
Divide and conquer always works.
28   Strategist   2017 Nov 25, 4:45pm  

anonymous says
A source reportedly told the Daily Mail that the group has since been subjected to “interrogations” carried out by “American mercenaries” brought in to work for the Crown Prince, 32, who is now the kingdom’s most powerful figure.

“They are beating them, torturing them, slapping them, insulting them. They want to break them down,” the source told the site.


I find this hard to believe. Why would the Crown Prince MBS, hire Americans to interrogate and torture? I'm sure the Saudis could find their own citizens to do the same thing. They would be able to maintain secrecy too. Nevertheless, I don't care what happens to those spoilt rotten billionaires. It's all stolen money that rightfully belongs to the people. A day will come when the Crown Prince will be overthrown, and he too will face the same punishment. In the meantime I fully support him.
29   Patrick   2017 Nov 25, 4:52pm  

anonymous says
among them Prince Alwaleed bin Talal whose $US10 billion fortune makes him the 10th richest man on the planet.


What? A mere $10 billion is pathetic, making him about the the 156th richest man in the world:

https://www.therichest.com/top-lists/top-250-richest-people-in-the-world/page/4/
30   Strategist   2017 Nov 25, 7:45pm  

Patrick says
anonymous says
among them Prince Alwaleed bin Talal whose $US10 billion fortune makes him the 10th richest man on the planet.


What? A mere $10 billion is pathetic, making him about the the 156th richest man in the world:


He tried to portray himself as a self made billionaire. ROFL ROFL.
31   Strategist   2017 Nov 25, 7:46pm  

Strategist says
Patrick says
anonymous says
among them Prince Alwaleed bin Talal whose $US10 billion fortune makes him the 10th richest man on the planet.


What? A mere $10 billion is pathetic, making him about the the 156th richest man in the world:


He tried to portray himself as a self made billionaire. ROFL ROFL.


A Saudi with intelligence? Very rare indeed.
32   bob2356   2017 Nov 25, 9:01pm  

Strategist says
A Saudi with intelligence? Very rare indeed.


KSA was smart enough to fuck over America for 50 years so far. They are using your money to pay terrorists to attack us as we speak.
33   Strategist   2017 Nov 26, 9:23am  

bob2356 says
Strategist says
A Saudi with intelligence? Very rare indeed.


KSA was smart enough to fuck over America for 50 years so far. They are using your money to pay terrorists to attack us as we speak.


Are you trying to provoke me into hating the Saudis? I already hate them. Not because they are Saudis, because they practice a rotten religion that is nothing but trouble.
The next 50 years will see the collapse of Islam. And it will be the Saudis who will do the most damage to Islam. All thanks to our new best friend, MBS the Prince of Arabia.
34   MisdemeanorRebel   2017 Nov 26, 11:46am  

Rew says
LOL. Trumpcucks are embracing another authoritarian regime. Nothing new here really.


You mean the regime that gave millions and millions to the Clinton Foundation, right? Except that wasn't the current leadership, but the Wahabi Exporting Old Guard that just got thrown out of power.

anonymous says
Insider claims Saudi princes and billionaires ‘tortured and insulted’ following brutal crackdown. SAUDI royalty and billionaires are being strung up by their feet and beaten by American private security contractors, according to insider reports.


I doubt that is happening, but beating Wahabi Exporters and Twitter Censors is doing God's work.
35   Strategist   2017 Dec 4, 6:19pm  

anonymous says
There is no doubt that 80 odd years of oil pumping has created a very mixed society in Saudi Arabia with indescribable wealth balanced against a struggling Saudi underclass. The young people are revolting – as everywhere, and want part of the action. The state has been increasingly paying out vast amounts to keep Saudis in the lifestyle to which they have become accustomed. The oil price collapse has driven home the fact that no country, not even Saudi, can afford to just pay its people to do nothing.


The whole population of Saudi is basically on oil welfare. Technology is replacing crude oil with renewable energy. When the oil checks stop coming, and they will stop coming quicker than most people believe, what will the Saudis do? They are not very bright, extremely lazy, and have no natural talents. We can't educate them, nor can we quickly civilize them. They will resort to violence, and that is when we will have the greatest terrorism problem ever. Our only choice is to control them through puppets like the Crown Prince MBS.
36   Tenpoundbass   2017 Dec 4, 6:38pm  

That's why they've divested in Countries all over the world.
37   Strategist   2017 Dec 4, 6:46pm  

Tenpoundbass says
That's why they've divested in Countries all over the world.


Their investments with a population doubling every 25 years won't last long. They are already facing a huge deficit, and have started tapping into their investments.
They are no different than the lottery winners who squander their winnings in a few short years.
38   bob2356   2017 Dec 4, 6:47pm  

Strategist says
All thanks to our new best friend, MBS the Prince of Arabia.
Strategist says
Our only choice is to control them through puppets like the Crown Prince MBS.


You guys are really funny. How many radical imans around the world have been stopped from preaching terrorism? How many radical madras (aka terrorist training schools) around the world have been shut down? How many saudi's nave been arrested for sending out money to terrorists? The answer would be zero/zilch/nada/none.

The people arrested have only 2 traits. They have big bank accounts to confiscate and they have enough power to oppose MBS. The whole thing is a power grab, nothing to do with reform of any kind.

But hey keep on dreaming.
39   Strategist   2017 Dec 4, 7:06pm  

bob2356 says
Strategist says
Our only choice is to control them through puppets like the Crown Prince MBS.


You guys are really funny. How many radical imans around the world have been stopped from preaching terrorism? How many radical madras (aka terrorist training schools) around the world have been shut down? How many saudi's nave been arrested for sending out money to terrorists? The answer would be zero/zilch/nada/none.


Good evening Bob. Hope you are keeping warm in ice country.
Like Rome, Islam was not created in a day. Like Rome, Islam will eventually be destroyed.
Unlike Rome, which was destroyed by the barbarians, Islam will be destroyed by the civilized.
It will happen because we will make it happen. We have no choice.
40   Strategist   2017 Dec 4, 7:08pm  

bob2356 says
The people arrested have only 2 traits. They have big bank accounts to confiscate and they have enough power to oppose MBS. The whole thing is a power grab, nothing to do with reform of any kind.

But hey keep on dreaming.


Power grab comes first if you want your own puppet in power.

Comments 1 - 40 of 67       Last »     Search these comments

Please register to comment:

api   best comments   contact   latest images   memes   one year ago   random   suggestions