Saudi Arabia's King Fahd has died at age 82.

[lynch03]

Whatever the hell that's suppose to mean.

[still_one]

1. his heart stopped beating

[Syrinx]

2. I don't rejoice in anyone's death

But that guy was an evil old bastard.

[Greyhound]

3. The price of oil will go up again. Is there a clear line of

succession? If not, there is a huge (literally 1000's) royal family, and there is a good chance the wahabists will make a move and throw the country into civil war. :woohoo:

[Kagemusha]

4. There is a "Crown Prince Abdullah". I think that speaks for itself

loud and clear.

[dkf]

6. Crown Prince Abdullah named as successor

King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies

King Fahd suffered a stroke 10 years ago and delegated power
King Fahd, Saudi Arabia's ruler since 1982, has died.

Saudi state television announced that Crown Prince Abdullah had been named as King Fahd's successor.

King Fahd had been frail since suffering a stroke a decade ago and had delegated the running of the kingdom's affairs to Crown Prince Abdullah.

Defence Minister Prince Sultan is next in line to the throne after Abdullah, and was named crown prince, state television announced.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4734175.stm

[fizzgig]

7. the last couple paragraphs

of that story seem as though they were stuck on as an afterthought...they destroy the whole flow of the story

very odd, at least imho

[madeline_con]

9. A curious statement...

About American forces arriving in 1991. I sat on a Saudi beach in 1984 and drank tea with an Amercian Air Force Captain who was stationed there.

[madeline_con]

8. My son is there.

I can't be quite so happy about a Saudi civil war.

[onebox30]

5. This guy's been dead for a long time. (n/t)