Breaking: Prince Walid Bin Talal arrested

[WinterHold]

a coup d'etat; a civil war between the royal family members?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/world...talal.html

LONDON — Saudi Arabia announced the arrest on Saturday night of the prominent billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, plus at least 10 other princes, four ministers and tens of former ministers.

Personally; I think they'll reach a deal of somehow; a compromise for the rest of the family members.
These are dangerous, dark times.

[vorlon13]

plane crash killed a few of them today . . .

sorry, I don't have details, had a Norco Sunday . . .

[vorlon13]

found this on NYP:

A Saudi prince has been killed in a helicopter crash near Yemen, according to a report.
The crash occurred a day after a ballistic missile launch was shot at an airport in the Saudi Arabian capitol of Riyadh. The missile, which was intercepted and destroyed, is believed to have been fired by Houthi rebels, officials said.
Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, the son of the former Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz and deputy governor of Saudi Arabia’s Asir Province, perished in the chopper crash, reports the Agence France-Presse.
The craft was carrying other government officials, also. Their fate remains unclear.

[The Valkyrie]

I'll be interested in seeing where this goes.

The current crown prince has been described as a "reformer" and is the one who revoked the law preventing women from driving.

We'll see where this goes, whether it's truly a stamp down on corruption or simply trying to remove any opposition to his rule.

[WinterHold]

[Wyrd of Gawd]

How many Saudi refugees will we get, 1 million?

[Minimalist]

Did they chop his head off yet?

[WinterHold]

Did they chop his head off yet?

No. His money needs to be taken away first, to the last penny.
His execution would be too early.

Personally; I think that the the son of the Saudi king proved to be unstable in the head. This reminds me of "The Night of The Long Knives" back in Nazi Germany; the Saudi version though. The Saud family got purged.