The coup in Saudi Arabia becomes timely with the current renewed media attention about the 28 Pages.

There is no doubt that a transition is taking place in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s internal struggles for power have been likened to HBO’s “Game of Thrones”. Unlike Western royal families, the Saudi Monarchy has not had a clearly defined order of succession. Within recent years, an ongoing Saudi coup is starting to take shape. Many internal elements are involved. Factions and vested interests exist not only among the Royal Family, but within the culture, religion, finance, corporations, demographics and their values, fiefdoms, clans, age groups, etc.

Also, in the context of the World’s stage where nations and corporations struggle to survive or dominate, there is an additional complex global array of events and scenarios often veiled by the many factors involved. These influences can range from local wars and turmoil, to foreign relations, to the international financial system, to oil, to covert operations and more.

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(Note: The word “clan”, such as the “Sudairi clan”, is used in the video. “Clan” refers to each of the 22 or 24 wives of the founder of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud. Ibn Saud died in 1953. The Kings of Saudi Arabia have been a son from one of the different wives or “clans” of Ibn Saud.)

King Salman’s palace coup and the Saudi royal politics – (15 minutes)(May 2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqb0D_KSfg

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The coup explained in simplistic form:

In the early 20th century, Ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia, took wives from the many tribal factions and also formed an alliance with the Islamic ultra-conservative Sunni sect known as Wahhabism. This provided Ibn Saud with a more unified, stable control of the region. He fathered many children, including 45 sons, some of whom later took the throne as part of the Royal Family’s “House of Saud”.
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Here is the rub. Many of the high ranking government positions are given to members of the Royal Family. There are a lot of “power plays” in vying for these positions, because holding them helps to ensure power for a particular faction of the family tree. Another internal Saudi contender of the power struggle is the Wahhabism religious faction.
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History of Ibn Saud and Wahhabism influence (5 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B0kFmlI8hg

Official “House of Saud” website which shows how the alliances of Saud and Wahhab occurred. http://houseofsaud.com/saudi-royal-family-history/
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January 23, 2015 – King Abdullah dies.
King Salman takes the Saudi throne.
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NOTE: A key point made in the following article is that Washington will need to completely reposition itself with Saudi Arabia’s new power structure.

February 24, 2015
Journalist Catherine Shakdam with the assistance of Sevil Mikayilova, warns us of the brewing coup.
Saudi Royal Infighting Threatens US Standing In The Middle East
A peaceful transition of power is quickly devolving into fierce infighting as members of the extended House of Saud jockey for power. These squabbles could have major ramifications beyond Saudi borders, even impacting U.S. foreign policy in the region.
http://www.mintpressnews.com/saudi-arabia-royal-infighting-threatens-us-standing-in-the-middle-east/202419/
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...“Although the very thorny matter of royal succession was pre-emptively handled by late King Abdullah through the appointment of a crown prince [Prince Salman] and a deputy crown prince [Prince Muqrin], Saudi Arabia’s court is alight with fiercely competitive and opposing ambitions,” Mikayilova told MintPress News...

...“Inner tension and political maneuverings are what stand to implode Saudi Arabia and ultimately force Western powers, most predominantly the United States, to reposition themselves in the region through new alliances,” she added... (( Sevil Mikayilova is an expert on Middle Eastern and Central Asian affairs and editor in chief of AzerNews, an Azerbaijani media outlet. ))
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...“If Washington was rather pleased to hear that King Salman’s first order of business was to elect his full nephew, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, to deputy crown prince and minister of interior, thus opening the corridors of power to the next generation of royals, U.S. officials have remained blind to the dangerous storm which is brewing in Riyadh over the Sudairi coup,” Ahmed said... (( Ahmed Mohamed Nasser Ahmed, a Yemeni political analyst. ))

...Like his father (Nayef) before him, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef has become a formidable power within the royal family. The son of one of the Sudairi Seven, he carries with him the legacy of one of Al Saud’s most powerful factions....
http://www.mintpressnews.com/saudi-arabia-royal-infighting-threatens-us-standing-in-the-middle-east/202419/
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(Article) - http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/01/23/Prince-Muqrin-named-Saudi-Arabia-s-Crown-Prince.html
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(Article) - http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/04/29/Saudi-King-Salman-appoints-new-crown-prince-.html
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April 29, 2015 – CCTV (40 seconds)
https://youtu.be/0PDd0R526WE?list=PLlmTL4ejJ53ea2qnTzM-jFgUBWAjs4qnA

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January 19, 2015, just prior to the death of King Abdullah when he was on his deathbed, a very revealing debate ensues regarding a smooth transition in Saudi Leadership.
https://youtu.be/mSoMEGcpCY4?t=1m24s

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January 23, 2015 (With great graphics! )(January 23rd was when King Salman took the throne)
Who is Saudi Arabia’s King Salman?
https://walizahid.com/2015/01/who-is-saudi-arabias-king-salman/
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VIDEO (50 minutes) January 2015
CCTV Special Report: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia dies (1924-2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wrHF61ADRo

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…In October 2011, The Crown Prince, Sultan bin Abdulaziz, died, and the current King Salman began his ascent to power by becoming Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister in November 2011 and making Mohammad bin Salman his private advisor…
…In June 2012, the Crown Prince, Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, died and Prince Mohammad moved up into the number two position in the hierarchy…
…On 23 January 2015, King Abdullah died, Salman took the throne and Prince Mohammad was appointed “minister of defense”…also named as the “secretary general of the Royal Court”…(and) the minister of the state… …was named the chair of the newly established “Council for Economic and Development Affairs”… … …In April 2015… Prince Mohammed as “deputy crown prince”…
…The first major event in his tenure as defense minister was “Operation Decisive Storm”, part of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, an operation against Houthi rebels in Yemen, experiencing the 2015 Yemeni Civil War….
WIKIWAND - Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud
http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Mohammad_bin_Salman_Al_Saud
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New Crown Prince and new Deputy Crown Prince
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In April 2015 King Salman appointed a nephew as new heir-presumptive and made his young son second in line to rule. By making Interior Minister Muhammad bin Nayef, 55, crown prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman, 30, deputy crown prince, King Salman has effectively decided the line of succession for decades to come in the world's top oil exporter. The announcement means the kingship will pass to a new generation for the first time since 1953… …Almost all powers under the king are now concentrated in the hands of the pair, who each chair committees determining all security and economic development issues in Saudi Arabia, and have led Riyadh's month-old campaign of air strikes in Yemen. In another big shift, Salman replaced veteran Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, who had served in the role since October 1975, with the kingdom's Washington ambassador Adel al-Jubeir, the first non-royal to hold the post.
Wikiwand – SAUDI ARABIA
http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia
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April 29, 2015 – The Citizen
Saudi king consolidates power with succession shake-up
http://citizen.co.za/afp_feed_article/saudi-king-consolidates-power-with-succession-shake-up/
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October 24, 2015
A massive family coup could be about to bring down the Saudi monarchy
http://metro.co.uk/2015/10/24/a-massive-family-coup-could-be-about-to-bring-down-the-saudi-monarchy-5459543/
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…Eight out of the 12 surviving sons of the country’s founding monarch, King Ibn Saud, are backing a plot to overthrow the reigning King Salman.

They are proposing replacing the ailing 79-year-old with his 73-year-old younger brother, Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz.

And they might just be able to do it, now that they apparently have the backing of the Ulama – the country’s leading Islamic clerics…
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PAST STRUGGLES in the Saudi GAME OF THRONES
In the past, there have been a number of struggles for power within the Saudi Game of Thrones.

Some Royals who were in line to the throne, were removed from succession, such as Prince Ahmed,(of the Sudairi clan) (see also Oct 24, 2015 article above). There are internal struggles to gain an appointment with a title of power. Sometimes a new title will be created in order to seal a higher, more stable altitude of power.
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One example in the Game of Thrones is the notorious Prince Bandar (Bandar bin Sultan) who has a sordid history. He was implicated as being involved in a coup and of also vying for power within the Saudi hierarchy. Rumors circulated of assassination attempts on his life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_bin_Sultan
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Prince Turki al-Faisal was “Director of Saudi Arabia General Intelligence Directorate”, a position he held for 23 years—from 1979 until just 10 days before the September 11 attacks in 2001. Prince Turki's resignation was unexpected since his term had been extended on 24 May 2001 for another four years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turki_bin_Faisal_Al_Saud
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Crown Prince Sultan (Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud)(of the Sudairi Seven) allegedly became extraordinarily wealthy from kickbacks by Western businesses that handled multibillion-dollar defense contracts. In December 1995, Prince Sultan attempted to seize power through the support of the Ulema when Crown Prince Abdullah was in Oman for a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council. However, his attempted coup failed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_bin_Abdulaziz
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Ideological divisions include issues over the speed and direction of reform, and whether the role of the Ulema (a body of Muslim scholars recognized as having specialist knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology) should be increased or reduced.
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Another example in the Game of Thrones…
July 18, 2015 - Senior Saudi prince accuses his cousin of arranging for him to be drugged and abducted after he announced plans to expose state corruption
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3166216/Senior-Saudi-prince-accuses-cousin-arranging-drugged-abducted-announced-pl...
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Probably, the most well-known script in the “Game of Thrones” is the story about King Faisal.
It is a remarkable story about a King trying to change the Saudi culture and to better conditions, such as with better education, more rights for women and minorities, and even the introduction of TV within society. It is said that the controversial TV issue is what led to his assassination, but some sources suggest that the revenge seeking assassin was recruited by forces within foreign intelligence communities.
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EXPLANATION ABOUT SUCCESSION in Saudi Arabia with info about King Faisal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZNigEanrUo&feature=youtu.be&t=11m

This 36 minute video gives a detailed, historical look into King Faisal. Worth watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIV7vLota3E

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April 2013
(6 minutes)
A game of thrones in Saudi Arabia (Who will be the next king?)
NOTE: Made in 2013. This predates the death of King Abdullah which was on January 23, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjUMB8taEYY

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Number of Descendants
There are thousands of descendants in the Royal Family. Estimates range widely, from 10,000 to perhaps 20,000 or 30,000 to Robert Baer’s statement of possibly 60,000. The official Saudi website states: “The entire House of Saud is comprised of around 15,000 members, with around 2,000 in the inner circle.” http://houseofsaud.com/saudi-royal-family-profiles/ Wikipedia places the number of Princes at 7,000, but the top 200 wield the most power.
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Monthly Stipends
Monthly stipends are given to those in the Royal Family.
Examples – “…the royal stipends in the mid-1990s ran from about $800 a month for “the lowliest member of the most remote branch of the family” to $200,000-$270,000 a month for one of the surviving sons of Abdul-Aziz Ibn Saud, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia…”
“…Grandchildren received around $27,000 a month… …Great-grandchildren received about $13,000 and great-great- grandchildren $8,000 a month….”
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wiki-saudi-money-idUSTRE71R2SA20110228
And of note “…Then there was the apparently common practice for royals to borrow money from commercial banks and simply not repay their loans….”
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EMPLOYMENT
Only 41 per cent of the working-age population currently is employed.
Saudi Arabia has a population of about 20 million, with an additional large migrant workforce of around 9 million.

Saudi nationals are employed by the state at above-market “reservation” wages. Roughly 3.4 million Saudis currently work in public administration and the security forces, at wages 2-4 times those in the private sector. The private sector is reluctant to hire nationals.
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More than 200,000 young people enter the labour market annually. Saudi Arabia's population is also quite young with over half the population under 30 years old.

Recently, the Kingdom issued its "Vision 2030" plan for ensuring sustainable long-term growth and prosperity with the goal of turning the Kingdom into the world’s 15th largest economy over the next two decades — an economy characterized by its skilled labour force, open markets, and good governance.
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Those who do work are employed largely by overstaffed public agencies. This is the Saudi economy’s largest inefficiency, and addressing it will be more difficult than addressing any other.
http://gulfnews.com/business/analysis/saudi-arabia-s-job-policy-that-needs-change-1.1831804
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia
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VISION 2030 PLAN
Vision 2030 is aimed at overhauling the structure of its economy. The plan would reduce historical high dependence on oil by transforming how the kingdom generates income, as well as how it spends and manages its vast resources providing more economic diversity along with redefining its workforce and the structures of its society.
http://gulfnews.com/business/analysis/saudi-arabia-will-be-the-template-for-future-change-1.1832954
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CORRUPTION
The extent of corruption has been described as systemic and endemic.
Nepotism and patronage are widespread when doing business in the country. The enforcement of the anti-corruption laws is selective and public officials engage in corruption with impunity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia
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NBC NEWS January 23, 2016
“Royal Pains: Two Princes Vie for Power in Saudi Arabia, Make a Mess”
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/royal-pains-two-princes-vie-power-saudi-arabia-make-mess-n502271
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...A rivalry between two princes may explain Saudi Arabia's sudden eagerness to pick fights at home and abroad, as the two men spark one international disaster after another while vying for the kingdom's throne...

...The struggle between Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef and Prince Mohammad bin Salman has all the elements of Elizabethan drama, including strange alliances, ambitious courtiers - and an ailing, ancient king who may be mentally incompetent. Diplomatic sources and U.S. officials believe 80-year-old King Salman, with whom Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to meet in Riyadh this weekend, shows signs of dementia...

...The princes who would take his place may be first cousins, but they're polar opposites. "MBN," as Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef is known, is 55 and a trusted U.S. ally. The interior minister and crown prince rose to power on his slow, steady success as head of the Saudi counterterrorism program, where he became a favorite of the CIA. He was sometimes also known as the Prince of Darkness because of his rank, his job in intelligence, and his night-owl habits...

..."MBS," Mohammad bin Salman, is King Salman's son. Just 29, he's the defense minister and a savvy publicity hound who shot to prominence in 2015 as the architect of Saudi Arabia's war against Yemen's Houthi rebels.
"Bin Salman is a pop idol," notes Riedel, who is now at the Brookings Institution. "His picture is all over Saudi social media, on television, on billboards. There are pop music songs about him!"
Bin Salman's trips to Russia, France and the U.S. were heavily covered in Saudi papers and burnished his image with the huge chunk of the kingdom's population that is under 30. "They can see themselves in him," said Riedel. "The system didn't normally operate that way." ...

...The public applauded the young prince's aggressive stance in Yemen. "To them, Saudi had never been so bold," said a Saudi journalist who wished to remain anonymous. "The Yemen operation had finally upped the ante for Saudis. Saudi Arabia didn't need any more nurse maids. He represented them, he was in touch with them.

The U.S. is less enthusiastic. Though he has compared himself to Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher, bin Salman is not as enamored with the West as his older rival.

Foreign intelligence services also question his decision-making. In December, the BND, Germany's intelligence agency, publicly released an extraordinary and scathing analysis of bin Salman, saying he is behind the kingdom's "impulsive policy of intervention." The minister of defense, the paper stated, "harbors a latent risk that in seeking to establish himself in the line of succession in his father's lifetime, he may overreach."

Bin Nayef is favored --it's hardly an exaggeration to say beloved -- by the United States. More than one U.S. official has privately said bin Nayef is the man the U.S. wants to be king.....
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/royal-pains-two-princes-vie-power-saudi-arabia-make-mess-n502271
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April 4, 2016
U.S. official: Saudi royal family on edge of collapse
http://en.abna24.com/service/middle-east-west-asia/archive/2016/04/04/744986/story.html
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AhlulBayt News Agency - The Saudi royal family is “teetering on the edge of collapse,” with the possibility of internal dissent, whether it comes from within the ruling family or the masses living in poverty, according to an American political analyst and activist….
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May 10, 2016 – Al-Monitor (English version of Al-Hayat)
(NOTE: Al-Hayat (London), April 28, 2016 according to MEMRI and many “truth” publications ran an article written by Katib Al-Shammari entitled: “U.S. Planned, Carried Out 9/11 Attacks – But Blames Others For Them”.)
Saudi king’s Cabinet reshuffle may 'rattle many royal spines'
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/05/saudi-arabia-king-salman-cabinet-economy-oil-shakeup.html
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April 26, 2016 - BLOOMBERG (3 minutes)
Why This Saudi Prince Is Known as 'Mr. Everything'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLK7mLp02EE

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May 18, 2016 (2 minutes)
Mohamed Bin Salman and the Religious Authorities in Two Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1LTugipL1A

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April 21, 2016 (5 minutes) (The 28 Pages is mentioned)
Sami Hamdi: "There is a huge Gulf between Obama and Saudi"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9IbEPiaMEA

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BLOOMBERG BIG EXPOSE – April 21, 2016
The $2 Trillion Project to Get Saudi Arabia’s Economy Off Oil
Eight unprecedented hours with “Mr. Everything,” Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-04-21/the-2-trillion-project-to-get-saudi-arabia-s-economy-off-oil
Bloomberg Story List – Saudi Arabia
http://www.bloomberg.com/topics/saudi-arabia
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February 15, 2016 – RAND CORPORATION
(RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank originally formed by Douglas Aircraft Company to offer research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces.)…cough.
The Next Generation of Leaders in the Gulf
http://www.rand.org/blog/2016/02/the-next-generation-of-leaders-in-the-persian-gulf.html
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May 22, 2016 – WND – (Long, very comprehensive article about Saudi Arabia)
(WND published the article “Saudi paper: U.S. carried out 9/11 attacks”)
Saudi Arabia's mysterious 'crown jewel'
http://www.wnd.com/2016/05/saudi-arabias-mysterious-crown-jewel/

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TWITTER is extremely popular in Saudi Arabia.

The participation of tens of thousands of young Saudis in a social media debate over plans to reform the kingdom's oil-reliant economy last month marked a shift in how Riyadh's conservative rulers interact with their subjects. Saudi Arabia's dynastic leaders, who rule by fiat and strictly limit public dissent, have historically courted public opinion only via informal councils with tribal, religious and business leaders or citizens seeking to petition them.

In a country in which debate has traditionally been strictly regulated by state decree and cultural tradition, and in which gender mixing is often illegal, social media has allowed many young Saudis to interact in ways that were impossible before.
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Also, the public are holding people in position more accountable for things that are being done or not.
Examples...
--In April 2014, as a deadly outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) swept Jeddah, anger over a perceived cover-up surged on social media and Abdullah sacked the health minister.

--Since King Salman came to power in January 2015, such sensitivity seems to have only amplified. Another health minister, Ahmed al-Khateeb, widely regarded as a protégée of the king, was dismissed after footage of him shouting at a Saudi citizen during a heated argument was captured on a smartphone.

--Weeks later, Salman replaced his own head of royal protocol after he was caught on camera slapping a news cameraman covering the arrival of the Moroccan king in Riyadh.

It is a far cry from the days before widespread internet use in Saudi Arabia, when discussion was limited to informal meetings or to newspapers and television channels that rarely held officials to account or criticized government policies.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/saudi-arabia-s-rulers-adapt-message-for-social-media-age-632786.html#.V0T9jK_mpOk

Prince Alwaleed owns more than 3% of Twitter.
“…Waleed is also Citigroup’s largest individual shareholder, the second-largest voting shareholder in 21st Century Fox, and owns Paris’ Four Seasons Hotel George V and part of the Plaza Hotel… owns more than 3% of Twitter…” and more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Waleed_bin_Talal

Prince Alwaleedcame to Rudy Giuliani just after 9/11/01.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DHB_u_vKDU

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May 27, 2016 – Al-Monitor (English version of Al-Hayat)
Is Saudi Arabia bringing sexy back?
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/05/saudi-decree-commission-public-entertainment-movies.html
…The Saudi Commission on Public Entertainment announced May 20 it will start issuing permits for movie theaters to open next year for the first time in four decades. The idea is getting mixed reviews. Movie theaters have been banned since the 1970s. Before that, theaters were always surveilled and often subjected to raids by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV)….
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Saudi Arabian Women Unveiled
https://youtu.be/w6Sa-gaCrDk?t=8m20s

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September 17, 2015 – CCTV – Reforms and Women – Part 1
For the first time women will be able to vote and run for office in Saudi Arabia. But faced with pressure from ultra-conservative clerics, will the country's new King back away from social reforms?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lm2LUE23bM ..and September 17, 2015 – CCTV – Women – Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn5H-JekyKY

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How Saudi Arabia successfully defended its US oil market share by John Kemp - Reuters market analyst.
Published — Sunday 31 January 2016
http://www.arabnews.com/economy/news/873006
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"...Saudi Aramco, which handles the marketing of Saudi Arabia’s crude, is the successor to the Arabian American Oil Company, a partnership between Chevron, Texaco, Exxon and Mobil established in the 1930s and 1940s.
Chevron (which later acquired Texaco) and Exxon (which acquired Mobil) remain some of the largest importers of Saudi crude into the US, according to customs records.
In 1988, Saudi Aramco bought a 50 percent stake in Texaco’s refining and marketing operations in the eastern US and on the Gulf Coast, which was named Star Enterprises (“Saudi Arabia, Texaco join forces” Los Angeles Times, 1988).
In 1997, Royal Dutch Shell joined the joint venture, subsequently renamed Motiva. When Chevron merged with Texaco in 2001, Texaco’s interest in the combined refining and marketing operations was sold to Shell and Saudi Aramco and reorganized as a 50:50 joint venture between them.
Motiva operates three large refineries in Louisiana and Texas (Convent, Norco and Port Arthur) with a combined refining capacity of 1.1 million bpd.
Motiva also as a network of refined product storage terminals across the eastern US ...."
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OIL
General Market Journals contain tons of information about the oil market.
911blogger has some information about oil…
“Bob Graham on 60 minutes” - http://911blogger.com/news/2016-04-10/bob-graham-60-minutes
“How Big Oil Conquered the World” - http://911blogger.com/news/2015-12-29/how-big-oil-conquered-world-corbett-dec-27-2015
“Manipulating the Oil Market” - http://911blogger.com/news/2016-04-10/bob-graham-60-minutes#comment-263900
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Links
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Official “House of Saud” website with a full menu of options.
http://houseofsaud.com/

The Official Saudi Press Agency (many photos)
http://www.spa.gov.sa/home.php?lang=en

A Royal Family Directory
http://www.datarabia.com/royals/famtree.do?id=175926

911TRUTH.ORG “Saudi Arabia” tags
http://www.911truth.org/tag/saudi-arabia/

History Commons – 9/11 Related Lawsuits
http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&the_post-9/11_world=complete_911_timeline_9_11_r...

History Commons – Saudi Arabia
http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=saudi_arabia

Arab News (Saudi influenced media)
http://www.arabnews.com/

Business Insider – Who’s Who in the Saudi Family (2015)
http://www.businessinsider.com/a-whos-who-of-the-saudi-royal-family-2015-2?r=UK&IR=T

INTERACTIVE graphic link and FRONTLINE PBS article about the Saudi Royals. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saud/tree/
PBS Timeline of Saudi Arabia
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saud/cron/

Wall Street Journal – Saudi Family Tree – Interactive graphics
http://graphics.wsj.com/saudi-arabia-family-tree/