Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd has died. Crown Prince Abdullah, who has been effectively running the country since Fahd’s stroke a decade ago, is now officially the king. (Here are the Wikipedia pages on Fahd and Abdullah.)
RIP / I’m sorry the King has died and all that & I hope Allah will receive his soul etc. (if that’s how Allah does it, what do I know from Allah :) but I never Cared much for the House of Saud / and I STILL don’t Care much for the House of Saud / :>
Oh, that poor King Abdullah. I’m so sad. Inconsolable, really. Of all the fat, decadent, strongman Arab tyrants using religion as a devious device to oppress their own people by directing their hate at foreign oppression, he was my favorite.
Casey, I think you meant King Fahd. He’s the one who died; Abdullah is his half-brother, who is now king. Of course, the fact that they’re indistinguishable is sort of your point, isn’t it? :)
August 1st, 2005 at 4:59:10 am
Rmmph.
RIP / I’m sorry the King has died and all that & I hope Allah will receive his soul etc. (if that’s how Allah does it, what do I know from Allah :) but I never Cared much for the House of Saud / and I STILL don’t Care much for the House of Saud / :>
August 1st, 2005 at 5:10:07 am
This is SO unimportant news. Everyone knows that monarchs are just figureheads anymore…oh wait…
August 1st, 2005 at 7:08:51 am
yeah the real power is behind the throne, like Carl Rove and Dick Cheney ;-)
August 1st, 2005 at 12:17:48 pm
Dude, for the jillionth time, it’s Karl Rove, not Carl.
August 1st, 2005 at 11:32:17 pm
Sorry
August 2nd, 2005 at 3:09:24 pm
Andrew - but isn’t it ‘David” and not “Dude” ? (grin)
Joe - and here I sat, thinking that you had a direct ancestral connection to the Auld Saud …
(mallarding, grinning)
August 2nd, 2005 at 4:30:41 pm
Oh, that poor King Abdullah. I’m so sad. Inconsolable, really. Of all the fat, decadent, strongman Arab tyrants using religion as a devious device to oppress their own people by directing their hate at foreign oppression, he was my favorite.
August 2nd, 2005 at 4:47:38 pm
Hey! That’s a filthy lie! I’m not fat.
August 2nd, 2005 at 4:49:14 pm
Casey, I think you meant King Fahd. He’s the one who died; Abdullah is his half-brother, who is now king. Of course, the fact that they’re indistinguishable is sort of your point, isn’t it? :)
August 2nd, 2005 at 8:23:37 pm
Oops, yes, King Fahd. My bad. I was looking at the wrong card in my “Tasteless Arab Despots and the Harims that Love Them” collector’s set.