leadSaudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, whi has died at 90

…Months before his death, Abdullah may have been alarmed by sensational stories about his daughters allegedly imprisoned in the palace. His divorced wife and the mother of the daughters, al-Anoud al-Fayez, brought the story to the attention of British media after several years of silence.

It may be good to be king in a region where the Arab masses rejected their presidents. However, Abdullah will be remembered as someone who survived the wave of change, propped up by “black gold”, in his own kingdom by distributing largesse and repression and helped to reverse the prospect of democracy in the Arab world.

He is believed to have had around 30 wives, 15 sons and 20 daughters.

King Abdullah – Obituary (Guardian)

(Reuters)

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24 thoughts on “Sheikh Down

  1. Mr. T.

    And some tasteless Irish people think places like Saudi, Abu Dhabi are are great places to go on holidays. The old double-think eases their conscience.

      1. Ms Piggy

        nonsense. I’m packing my bikini and heading to Riyadh right now. I’m expecting a warm welcome :-)

        1. Mani

          Yeah. The must go destination of any young Irish reveller. One week there and the second as the personal guest of the sultan of Brunei.

  2. scottser

    he’ll be remembered for the treatment of raif badawi. i’ll be wishing someone p1sses on his grave.

  3. newsjustin

    I hear he’s to be succeeded by his half-brother. Doesn’t that mean that his half brother’s sons would then be in line for the job rather than one of this guy’s 15 sons? For purely selfish reasons, if I was one of his sons, I’d be a bit miffed……….but then having more oil money than I could ever dream of spending might sooth those concerns.

    1. Spaghetti Hoop

      Anyone deserving to be miffed are his wives and daughters. But I guess that’s another topic.
      “Who Do You Think You Are” would do well in Saudi and would be way more entertaining than Yates and Tubridy.

      1. Dubloony

        How do they figure out who succeeds in that royal family? There must be hundreds of little princes dotted about.
        And I thought the limit was 4 wives in that neck of the woods?

  4. Clampers Outside!

    Livin’ on fat pockets on flat wit tha gat
    Rollin’ around a nine deuce Cadillac
    Still got my homies to watch my back
    And they’ll smoke ya ass if you wanna come and chat
    That’s why some pigs and the kids come sweatin’, they follow
    A hollow point shell’s hard to swallow
    Why wallow when you come to roll on? I put the clip
    And before I bring ya ass on, what chu gonna do
    Kickin’ dust on your head like I bust
    My grip surrounded, I’m about ta get rushed, I’m brushed wit death
    How many shells stuffed in my closet, with my big Cognacs, cut

    When tha sheikh goes down ya better be ready.

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