Goodbye Ritz Carlton. Saudi Arabia's billionaire prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, has been carted off to Al Ha'ir prison, south of Riyadh, after refusing to pay a reported $6 billion to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to secure his freedom, following a massive consolidation of power on November 4, 2017 in which over 300 princes, ministers and other elites were rounded up in an "anti-corruption" purge.
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal
Sources told the Middle East Montior that nearly 60 detainees were transferred to the most high security prison in the Kingdom. The prisoners include Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal as Prince Turki Bin Abdullah and a number of government officials who refused to make the large financial payments for their release.
Al'hair prison
Among those arrested on allegations of corruption is Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, the Saudi King's nephew who is worth more than $17bn according to Forbes, and owns stakes in Twitter, Lyft and Citigroup. According to a Daily Mail source, the crown prince had lulled Alwaleed into a false sense of security, inviting him to a meeting at his Al Yamamah palace, then sent officers to arrest him the night before the meeting.
'Suddenly at 2.45am all his guards were disarmed, the royal guards of MBS storm in,' said the source.
'He's dragged from his own bedroom in his pajamas, handcuffed, put in the back of an SUV, and interrogated like a criminal.
'They hung them upside down, just to send a message.
Purged princes and the like were taken to the Riydah Ritz Carlton Hotel, where they have reportedly been allowed to buy their freedom by giving up their billions in oil wealth for their lives.
Purged Royals inside Riydah Ritz Carlton
As the Daily Mail reported in November, mercenaries purportedly employed by Academi - a successor to infamous US security contractor Blackwater, have been stringing up some of MBS’s “guests” at the Riyadh Ritz Carlton by their feet and savagely beating them during interrogations. The claims have spread rapidly on Arabic-language social media, and even Lebanon’s president Michel Aoun has accused MbS of using mercenaries.
Meanwhile, none of Prince Alwaleed's powerful friends appear to be coming to his defense. As CNBC points out:
One of the most stunning aspects of bin Talal's detention is how quiet his long list of influential friends have been about it. This week brought at least some mention of his plight with a statement from two former French presidents who expressed concern over Alwaleed's status. But let's face it: a few words from a couple of French ex-presidents is peanuts.
So now we have bin Alwaleed in an actual prison, with a government aggressively taking cash and assets, and still no significant outcry from his foreign friends.
Bin Salman came to power last summer after King Salman changed the order of succession and made Bin Salman crown prince. In addition to his "anti-corruption" puge to consolidate power and wealth, the country has embarked on an ambitious plan called "Vision 2030"- which aims to modernize Saudi Arabia and break its dependence on oil production, as well as combat human rights violations.
In late September, Saudi Arabia took the unprecedented step of allowing women to drive. “The royal decree will implement the provisions of traffic regulations, including the issuance of driving licenses for men and women alike,” the Saudi Press Agency said, according to Al Aribaya
Meanwhile, A Saudi Government panel has asked that all marriage contracts for girls under the age of 18 be approved by family courts - the latest step in a series of sweeping reforms under the lead of their new Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman. While falling short of outlawing child marriage, the request marks the first major legislation involving the long-standing practice primarily overseen by Saudi clerics and local judges - not family courts.
The proposed legislation was part of a series of recommendations by the Committee of Islamic and Judiciary Affairs last Monday, which also called for "competent" family courts to oversee premarital virginity tests for girls under 18.
“The committee acceded to have those under 18 submit their marriage contracts, as well as a pre-marital tests to a competent court to determine their case" -Councilwoman Dr. Eqbal Darandari
“Some Shoura members disagreed with this decision because they believed it meant we condone underage marriage," said Darandari, adding "Others suggested that only those between the ages of 16-18 can transfer their cases to a judge, and those below 16 cannot get married. Some members demanded this be applied to underage boys, as well.”
Dr. Darandari is among several Saudi legislators who believe in an an age limit for underage girls' to marry. "Girls’ voices must be heard and their opinions taken into consideration. I don’t believe a pre-marital test is enough. In my opinion, I think we need a female committee — made of a doctor, lawyer, psychologist and social worker — that studies the girl’s state in order to assess whether or not she can get married.”
She also warned of the damage which can occur to children who are forced into marriage.
“Those that are fifteen or younger can undergo severe physical and psychological damage through marriage, and they’re probably unequipped for it. I believe there should be sanctions to those who do not adhere to that, and in the case of a marriage during that delicate age, a girl’s right to demand a divorce if things don’t work out should be guaranteed.” -Dr. Eqbal Darandari
So there you have it - Bin Salman is attempting to modernize his country, while wrestling power from long-standing oil families. And for those who don't comply, it's off to prison where the beatings shall continue until morale improves.
h/t iBankCoin.com
Comments
I think he offered to give them EVERYTHING, but they didn't want to accept it.
He will be tortured to death in prison for attempting to murder the former prince now King of Saudi, with the full consent of the President of the United States of America because a bunch of US citizens died as a result.
Pity we can't just talk about this shit out in public. I don't like cloak and dagger bullshit. Realpolitik is better.
Well, DT did for US what a versed businessman had to do when the official ways to demand payback don't work due to a complicated interconnected context. At least now people who can read the real ways this world works know that 9/11 is getting finally dealt with.
In reply to I think he offered to give… by tmosley
Crickets on this Subject from the Stable Genius...
In reply to Well, DT did for US what a… by Luc X. Ifer
FDR, the liberal fascist dictator of the USA made a deal with the brutal Saudi petrokleptocracy.
In reply to Gross by BaBaBouy
Which makes you wonder how much KICKBACK Trump would get from the 6 Billion ransom. This happened right after he visited S.A.
Just like he illegally declared Jerusalem as Apartheid Israhell's capital right after his visit there. http://bit.ly/2mm24U7
In reply to FDR, the liberal fascist… by TBT or not TBT
Congress voted to move our embassy there over a decade ago. Whose law do you speak of?
In reply to Which makes you wonder how… by stizazz
Saudi Arabia, now there's a real shithole...oh wait, they're our allies and the orange Tweeter in Chief even went over to do the sword dance.
In reply to Congress voted to move our… by TBT or not TBT
Hang the terrorist
In reply to Shithole... by Klassenfeind
Hard times for Fredo. But he traited the family. Fishing trip soon?
In reply to Hang the terrorist by remain calm
I wonder if MBS is going to have scholars rewrite the Quran so it isn't a murderous, immoral text. He can always say the Angel Gabriel came to him in a dream and made the corrections to his work. The Arab people believed it before so why not again?
In reply to Hard times for Fredo. But he… by researchfix
Nah, he will just encourage more secularism. The ME was at one time pretty damn secular and thus not so bad. It was their funding of fundamentalist Madrassas that really got the Islamists roiling.
It would be nice if they would abandon Islam altogether, or convert to Christianity.
Also, I don't think anyone believed it, and very few believe it not. It's just they got killed if they didn't pretend. With Christianity, the punishment for non-belief is just a little social isolation.
We really need to have free philosophy lessons open to the public on Sundays. Something to fill the void for those who choose not to espouse belief.
In reply to I wonder is MBS is going to… by IH8OBAMA
What prison exists that can hold a man worth 6x10^9?
In reply to Nah, he will just encourage… by tmosley
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In reply to What prison exists that can… by D503
Alwaleed has always been Bill Clinton's butt-buddy- the fact that the prince is now days from having his head lopped off shows that Bill has lost his pull.... Prince dumped a lot of the family's money into Bill's pockets.....
Oh well, you're only as good as your last trade, dude- so how's that Qatar slush fund looking now, Bill?
In reply to Perhaps he should try… by BokkeDavola
what tmoseley says below is so very true. so true that it's hard to believe that "they have reportedly been allowed to buy their freedom by giving up their billions in oil wealth for their lives." are there interviews with such people or do they also sign agreements like the one loretta lynch forced on the uranium one mole/whistleblower? hard to believe that all the money in switzerland, singapore, et. al. that may be beyond mbs's reach can't buy a hit on him that actually works, as opposed to the crazy clowns of las vegas.
In reply to Perhaps he should try… by BokkeDavola
He is only worth what the government says he is worth. They are the ones with the guns, warplanes, attack helicopters, etc.
In reply to What prison exists that can… by D503
arab big friend of bill and hillary..those types always end up dead or in this case thrown to the wolves..i couldn't be happier..keep up the distractions about silly stuff (shitholes, sex scandals, potty mouth), while Trump does the real shit..genius.
In reply to He is only worth what the… by tmosley
Busy at the Herzliya troll farm, Shlomo?They gave you five IDs did they, you lucky Talmudist. Your high prayer of the year is Kol Nidre, right, the only one for which you stand up, and where you ask for permission to lie and cheat for the coming year.
The Saudi family are Iraqi Jews, and their doctrine of fake Islam, Wahhabism, was cobbled together by a Donmeh, a Turkish crypto-Jew, Abdul Wahhab.
There's a constant stream of Judaic poison onto ZeroHedge and a few other free speech sites, from you and your tribal kin. You've had the NSA to yourselves for quite a while. But imagine what might be in store if Americans are keeping score for themselves past your transparent proxy servers.
In reply to I wonder is MBS is going to… by IH8OBAMA
A murderous, immoral text? You mean the Talmud.
In reply to I wonder is MBS is going to… by IH8OBAMA
much of the old testament and some of the new and most of the history of organized religion are vulnerable on this count. if one just sees the current middle east through the prism of the thirty years war, the spanish inquisition, or the conquest of the belgian congo or the americas, all that pride and confidence in western values vanishes like the u.s. constitution after 9-11.
In reply to A murderous, immoral text?… by PrivetHedge
Why not?
We could rewrite the Bible so as to authoritatively place the location of the Holy Land in Madagascar, too.
It's all just made-up bullshit anyway.
In reply to I wonder is MBS is going to… by IH8OBAMA
Wasn't it Alwaleed Bin Talal that tweeted
".@realDonaldTrump You are a disgrace not only to the GOP but to all America. Withdraw from the U.S presidential race as you will never win,"
Yep.
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One day you are a multi billionaire Prince...the next day you are living in a shithole.....
In reply to Hang the terrorist by remain calm
Hillary lost. Get over it.
In reply to Shithole... by Klassenfeind
I despise all these throwbacks, but this one is either broke or has some big, BIG cajones. A max security pen there has to be truly hellish.
In reply to Shithole... by Klassenfeind
It's called the UN Charter, it's a treaty and the US is bound by it; hence, under the US Constitution, the act of moving the embassy to illegally occupied territories is unlawful.
Sure we have a lot of corrupt swamp toadies in Congress serving their ((masters)) in violation of international law time and time and time and time and time and time and time and time and time ... and time again. But that doesn't mean that what these corrupt critters do is legal. Check the US Constitution.
In reply to Congress voted to move our… by TBT or not TBT
You got to wonder if Saudi Intelligence/Ahwaleed planned Vegas or if the Mossad/CIA did it to set him up. In any case, I will not be surprised to see bin Salman have SA do some beneficial things for Israel. Time will tell. After all, it is not the first time Israel murdered dozens of Americans. See
http://www.erasingtheliberty.com/
In reply to Which makes you wonder how… by stizazz
dozens? try thousands of u.s. citizens and millions of muslims, etc. in 9-11 and seven countries in five years.
https://www.amazon.com/War-Terror-Plot-Rule-Middle/dp/0985322543
http://www.voltairenet.org/article179295.html
http://www.whale.to/b/israel_did_911.html
https://sites.google.com/site/onedemocraticstatesite/archives/-solving-…
http://www.amazon.com/Solving-9-11-Deception-Changed-World/dp/0985322586
http://www.luogocomune.net/site/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewartic….
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/everything-rich-man-trick/
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/098213150X/sr=1-1/qid=1467687982/ref=olp_pr…
http://www.europhysicsnews.org/articles/epn/pdf/2016/04/epn2016474p21.p…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgE-hGNy2W0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYUYya6bPGw
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Trump+there+must+have+been+bombs&v…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt-ldMj9y9w
In reply to You got to wonder if Saudi… by BigCumulusClouds
Here was the deal ....the Saudis being unsure of the outcome of WWII, we paid in gold for all oil....
In reply to FDR, the liberal fascist… by TBT or not TBT
A tweet from Alwaleed to Trump:
الوليد بن طلال
@Alwaleed_Talal
.@realDonaldTrump You are a disgrace not only to the GOP but to all America. Withdraw from the U.S presidential race as you will never win.
2:02 PM · Dec 11, 2015
https://mobile.twitter.com/Alwaleed_Talal/status/675390247165915137?s=1
Alwaleed was a major donor to the Clinton Foundation
In reply to Gross by BaBaBouy
I'm wondering if the Saudi's will lop his fucking head off with a sword in public?
Need to check Bogata for that spread
In reply to A tweet from Alwaleed to… by AlaricBalth
Well the paybacks to the Clinton's and support for thw Dems it seems to have been motivated by the Dems leadership promise to keep the Saud 9/11 involvement under the rug.
In reply to I'm wondering if the Saudi's… by Dilluminati
Aside from a few Congressmen and Senators from both parties (Jones, Bob Graham, Lynch) the 9/11 coverup was a bi-partisan effort, starting with Dubya Bush et al, especially Robert Mueller.... If Drump had any brains he'd get Mueller indicted for 9/11 (Mueller stashed away the FBI Informant Shaikh who provided money, housing etc to some of the 9/11 hijackers ... Mueller also lied that the FBI wasn't trailing Atta and the Sarasota, FL al Q cell..
In reply to Well the paybacks to the… by Luc X. Ifer
I think that's coming.
In reply to Aside from a few Congressmen… by Posa
i don't think many here have actually run a high level corruption prosecution before (i can barely run a bath) but look at watergate for starters. was nixon or even john mitchell or robert halderman indicted at first? no.
you work up the food chain from the plankton to the Carcharodon carcharias.
In reply to I think that's coming. by Luc X. Ifer
So you believe the official narrative that a man in a cave on the other side of the world masterminded the perfect demolition of the twin tours on 9/11?? Then please explain how BUILDING 7 also came down in the perfect demolition.
What about the 'laughing Israelis' caught filming the event, being let off scott free, and saying in Israel on TV later that 'we were only there to document the event' - how could they be sent there to document the event if they did not know ahead of time? It has also been disproved that a plane could have possibly hit the pentagon in that position. It was a missile.
And what about the large number of Israeli spies caught in the U.S. spying at that time and released back to Israel while the MSM ignored this treachery?
In reply to Aside from a few Congressmen… by Posa
all good questions but i don't think those mossad guys said they were there only (boy i miss italics) to document the event. you can watch them (better if you speak hebrew) in the voltaire link i supply above.
it is hard to believe that so many are so willing to be accessories to murder and treason, especially after the fact, but as sherlock holmes observed, once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
In reply to So you believe the official… by Expendable Container
Too bad the 911 Commission was not comprised of men like Max Cleland. He resigned because of cover-up.
"It's a scam", Max Cleland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcq3YFq55n8
Who is Felipe David ???
In reply to Well the paybacks to the… by Luc X. Ifer
Alwaleed was also a major investor in Marc Rich's Glencore IPO in 2011. Alwaleed invested $400 million.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/prince-alwaleed-says-400m-invested-in-gl…
Marc Rich, an international fugitive, was pardoned shortly before Bill Clinton left office in 1999
James Comey was the lead investigator in charge of looking into the Clinton pardon.
"In 2002, Comey, then a federal prosecutor, took over an investigation into President Bill Clinton's 2001 pardon of financier Marc Rich, who had been indicted on a laundry list of charges before fleeing the country. The decision set off a political firestorm focused on accusations that Rich's ex-wife Denise made donations to the Democratic Party, the Clinton Library and Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign as part of a plan to get Rich off the hook. Comey ultimately decided not to pursue the case."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/07/politics/who-is-james-comey-fbi-director-…
Former FBI Director James Comey sat on the board of banking giant HSBC.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/outrageous-hsbc-settlement-proves-the-drug-war-is-a-joke-20121213
The same Banking Giant that launders drug cartel money. And has been caught, charged and fined for doing so.
https://investments.hsbc.co.uk/news/company/24989264/glencore-gallops-higher-as-liberum-bullish-on-china-s-coal-policy
HSBC is also responsible for many of Glencore's investments. Again, Glencore was founded by the criminal Marc Rich, who paid for a pardon by former President Bill Clinton. A pardon which was investigated by James Comey, who sat on the board of HSBC, which laundered drug cartel money, and did business with a company that worked intimately with drug traffickers. Comey found "No evidence of criminal activity."
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/786646253358768128
Wikileaks has shown us Alwaleed and Qatar, Glencore investors TIED to Joule Unlimited and John Podesta, and thus in multiple directions James Comey, The Clintons, and the democrats. And Qatar Gave Bill Clinton $1 million for a 5 minute meeting in 2011
$1 million for a five minute meeting in 2011? Didn't Gadaffi fall in 2011? Didn't Alwaleed invest $400 million into Glencore in 2011? Didn't Glencore begin trading Libyan Oil in 2011?
In reply to I'm wondering if the Saudi's… by Dilluminati
Thank you, on behalf of those of us keeping score at home.
In reply to Alwaleed was also a major… by AlaricBalth
@ HH,
Pure Evil War Criminal Treasonous Seditious Psychopaths.
In reply to … by hedgeless_horseman
Thank you for exposing all that evil corruption. Silence means consent. So we must never remain silent about any corruption and criminality. Therefore we must speak. And you did!
In reply to Alwaleed was also a major… by AlaricBalth
You need to write some articles for ZH. Your command of the wayback machine and connecting dots is worthy of your own articles.
In reply to Alwaleed was also a major… by AlaricBalth
Yep.
In reply to A tweet from Alwaleed to… by AlaricBalth
Nice catch dude,
I have this delicious image of a Hillbot somewhere in the dark woods with a half-empty bottle of vodka, shivering and crying her eyes out.
Does that make me a bad person?
In reply to A tweet from Alwaleed to… by AlaricBalth
Nope.
my images are much, much less merciful.
In reply to Nice catch dude,… by FreedomWriter
That assumes she has a conscience ... nope everything is legal just not for little people.
In reply to Nice catch dude,… by FreedomWriter
Alaric
Photographic mind much?! I forget some of these things. But I should not forget.
+1
Ot...anyone else seeing mismatched comments. i.e., not following the logical indents? It is very hard to follow today.
In reply to A tweet from Alwaleed to… by AlaricBalth
Correction: Very Stable Genius.
In reply to Gross by BaBaBouy
Hillapig might have said something... but she knows she soon will be in prison too... with HER assets all confiscated... I can only hope they will hang her upside down and beat her too...
But be careful... that stench will be weapons-grade...
In reply to Gross by BaBaBouy
I don't hear a word from his friends Hellary and Obumbler?
In reply to Gross by BaBaBouy
Pagination