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Wow, you did a great work of summing up the house of al-Saud, but just to follow, I had to draw up a family tree.

I somehow missed the misterious killings of the three Abu Zubaydah-implicated princes back in 2002, thanks for that too. (However, after googling to learn more about this story, I suggest a minor correction: one of the three, Sultan bin Faisal, wasn't the son of king Faisal - who was bin [son of] Abd al-Aziz -, but one Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah, apparently a side branch not descended of the first king.)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Aug 2nd, 2005 at 04:47:31 AM EST
Thanks for the correction Dodo.  To help your family tree see Wikipedia 's list of his primary wives.

Pax

Night and day you can find me Flogging the Simian

by soj on Tue Aug 2nd, 2005 at 04:53:26 AM EST
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His primary wives. Oh boy.

Thanks for that. Your articles always feel like we have our own private research arm working for us.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Aug 2nd, 2005 at 05:03:25 AM EST
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Thanks Colman, and I apologize all the time I've said colEman.  It's the lanterns, I loved them as a kid!

As for the research, everything I write here is from public sources.  It just takes time to look over this stuff and chase down every Saudi prince and what's been written or said about him.

Plus back in "the day", a lot of Nick Berg stuff tied into the Saudis, particularly Salman (the Sudairi Salman) and how his companies finance their websites.  I sure wish a better financed media person would chase this crap down cuz I get tired of doing it for pennies.

I make too many mistakes as well since I don't have time to properly edit my stuff :(

Pax

Night and day you can find me Flogging the Simian

by soj on Tue Aug 2nd, 2005 at 07:54:33 AM EST
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Talking of pennies ...
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Aug 2nd, 2005 at 08:02:59 AM EST
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