al-Saud dead?

[torchthebitch]

We live in interesting times.

 

[torchthebitch]

Saudi Arabia's king 'has been clinically dead for six days and is being kept alive by a ventilator' say local media

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud is reportedly on life support machines and has been 'clinically dead' for almost a week, local media claims.

So far everything seems to be very vague and uses the same phraseology, so it looks like a single source.

 

[Squibbs]

The Bush Klan is most likely at his bedside suckling his balls.

 

[torchthebitch]

Oil prices don't seem to have reacted much.

 

[Squibbs]

Oil prices don't seem to have reacted much.

It has gone up 6 cents/L around here in the last week...

 

[torchthebitch]

Everything seems to refer back to the Daily Mail. Nothing on anything reputable. Not even RT. Looks like a scoop that wasn't.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Oil prices don't seem to have reacted much.

Why would they? If Abdullah dies, SA would just get a new king. Crown Prince Salman has been more or less running things anyway.

 

[torchthebitch]

Why would they? If Abdullah dies, SA would just get a new king. Crown Prince Salman has been more or less running things anyway.

And the market makers wouldn't fuck with us just to make a few more bucks?

 

[Sean]

Everything seems to refer back to the Daily Mail. Nothing on anything reputable. Not even RT. Looks like a scoop that wasn't.

It's the Daily Mail. Nuff said.

 

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[torchthebitch]

Is the source Iranian?

A distinct possibility by the looks of things.

 

[torchthebitch]

It's the Daily Mail. Nuff said.

Everything seems to point back to them. I haven't been able to find anything that doesn't quote the DM.

 

[Sean]

Everything seems to point back to them. I haven't been able to find anything that doesn't quote the DM.

Actual facts have never been something the Mail worried about.