King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia dies at 90

[Pelicans78]

Money and mission support came from Saudi Arabia. Bad guys are more or less inteerchyangeable, but it couldn't have been done without the money.

Not all the money. Alot came from Egypt and Pakistan as well. Not the governments, but individuals. Same with Saudi and Yemen. Certain individuals were supporting Al Qaeda, but the main players were in Afghan which is why that place was targeted. Top 3 leaders were in that area at the time. Bid Laden, Al-Zahari, and Khalid Sheik "Bedhead" Muhammad.

[Pelicans78]

And that mission is long finished.

Why are we still there?

if I know. Obama Bin Laden thinks the Taliban are just too mean. Pointless to be there now. But I'm sure Bouton and Chumpdumper will give good reasons.

[Winehole23]

you'd probably be wrong about that.

[Winehole23]

Crown Prince canned, succession rejiggered:

The House of Saud, one of the world’s largest and richest royal families, experienced a quiet coup within its ranks shortly before dawn on Wednesday. King Salman canned his Crown Prince and appointed a tough security official as the new heir. He named as second-in-line to the throne a young son with limited experience. And he removed the world’s longest serving foreign minister, who was responsible for building the alliance between Riyadh and Washington under seven American Presidents since 1975.

A longer list of abrupt royal decrees was announced in an early-morning television bulletin. Senior princes were then assembled at a Riyadh palace to pledge loyalty to the new order of succession. The shakeup, which concentrates power in a conservative wing of the vast royal family, could shape policy in the world’s largest oil exporter for decades.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-d...family-shakeup