Monday, September 28, 2015

Your next Middle East crisis? How about regime change in Saudi Arabia!

Thanks to Robert for the link!

via The Guardian..
A senior Saudi prince has launched an unprecedented call for change in the country’s leadership, as it faces its biggest challenge in years in the form of war, plummeting oil prices and criticism of its management of Mecca, scene of last week’s hajj tragedy.
The prince, one of the grandsons of the state’s founder, Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, has told the Guardian that there is disquiet among the royal family – and among the wider public – at the leadership of King Salman, who acceded the throne in January.

The prince, who is not named for security reasons, wrote two letters earlier this month calling for the king to be removed.
“The king is not in a stable condition and in reality the son of the king [Mohammed bin Salman] is ruling the kingdom,” the prince said. “So four or possibly five of my uncles will meet soon to discuss the letters. They are making a plan with a lot of nephews and that will open the door. A lot of the second generation is very anxious.”
“The public are also pushing this very hard, all kinds of people, tribal leaders,” the prince added. “They say you have to do this or the country will go to disaster.
Here.

I wonder who is pushing this move?  I mean who is REALLY the puppet master behind this....a pampered prince, bold enough to defy his king but instead of subterfuge involving poison, strongmen in the dark or another form of assassination instead publishes a letter in the Guardian?  Seems off...

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