Monday 30 July 2012

syria retaliates: saudi prince bandar killed!

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updated 5 august

http://www.voltairenet.org/Un-quotidien-saoudien-dement-la

english: Saudi daily denies Prince Bandar is dead

Un quotidien saoudien dément la mort du prince Bandar

4 août 2012


Le quotidien saoudien Arab News dément dans son édition du 4 août la mort du prince Bandar ben Sultan [1]. Arab News est un quotidien autorisé à parler au nom de la famille royale. Il est la propriété du prince Salman ben Abdulaziz, prince héritier et ministre de la Défense du royaume. L’auteur de l’article, Ali Bluwi, est journaliste économique et… consultant en communication de crise à… Washington.

Selon Arab News, la dépêche du Réseau Voltaire [2] aurait été écrite par Thierry Meyssan qui serait proche des services secrets iraniens (La Vanguardia assurait au contraire, également ce matin, qu’il était financé par le général déserteur Manaf Tlass, tandis que Le Monde de ce soir le qualifiait de « propagandiste de la dictature baasiste » – à défaut de répondre à ses objections, chacun de ces journaux agite l’épouvantail qui lui parait le mieux discréditer leur brillant contradicteur).

Selon le quotidien saoudien, le prince Bandar aurait participé à deux réunions officielles depuis son prétendu décès.

Le quotidien poursuit, toujours sous la signature du consultant en communication de crise : « Tous les sites internet [qui se sont intéressés au sort du prince Bandar] attendent une confirmation ou une infirmation [de la nouvelle] par le gouvernement saoudien. Mais cela n’aura pas lieu et le prince Bandar n’apparaîtra pas en public, à moins que des raisons politiques ou de sécurité le requièrent. La propagande iranienne et syrienne et leurs médias seront confondus ».

Arab News évoque l’attentat du 26 juillet et le possible décès de Mishaal Al-Qani, adjoint du prince Bandar, là encore sans confirmer, ni infirmer.

Prenant acte des informations d’Arab News sur les activités du prince Bandar, le Réseau Voltaire lui souhaite un prompt rétablissement et espère qu’aucune obligation officielle ne viendra troubler sa convalescence.

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Syria reportedly eliminated Bandar bin Sultan in retaliation for Damascus bombing

29 July 2012

Though not yet announced by the Saudi authorities, the death of Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has been confirmed to Voltaire Network by unofficial souces.

Prince Bandar had just been appointed head of Saudi intelligence on July 24: a promotion which was interpreted as a reward for having organized the attack in Damascus on July 18. The Saudi services, with logistical support from the CIA, had managed to blow up the headquarters of the Syrian National Security during a Crisis Cell meeting: Generals Assef Chaoukat, Daoud Rajha and Hassan Tourkmani were killed instantly. General Amin Hicham Ikhtiar died soon after from his wounds. This operation, called "Damascus Volcano" was the signal for the attack on the capital by a swarm of mercenaries, mainly coming from Jordan.

Prince Bandar was himself the target of a bomb attack on July 26, and subsequently succumbed to his injuries.

A brilliant and cynical personality, Prince Bandar was 63 years old. He was the son of Prince Sultan (irremovable defense minister from 1963 until his death in 2011) and of a slave. Confidant of King Fahd, Bandar was ambassador to Washington throughout his reign (1983-2005). He became close to George H. Bush (then Vice-President of the United States), who regarded him as an "adopted son," prompting the U.S. press to dub him "Bandar Bush". Endowed with an outstanding genius for covert action, he brokered the Al-Yamamah arms deal, managing to divert more than one billion pounds, according to British official sources. He then used this windfall, and many more, to finance the activities of jihadist groups around the world, including Al Qaeda.

In early 2010, Prince Bandar attempted to overthrow King Abdullah to place his own father on the throne. The plot failed and he was banished from the kingdom, but the monarch’s declining health enabled him to return to Saudi Arabia a year later. Since the death of Prince Sultan in October 2011, he had become the de facto leader of the Sudairi clan, the hawkish wing within the royal family.

His death constitutes a serious blow to the whole system of Western covert action in the Muslim world. It took Syria only one week to mount this spectacular reprisal operation.

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