Updated - 2013 July 29th
This Post will be updated with news and information as the house of Saud and NATO are exposed for their crimes against the peace of the World.
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Nonetheless, countries such as the United States continue to hail the Saudi monarchy despite the kingdom’s support for terrorism such as funding terrorists in Iraq, Syria and Yemen among other parts of the world.
Analysts attribute the US support to the huge reserves of natural resources in Saudi Arabia, while the ruling Al Saud family has proven to be a reliable and staunch ally for Washington over the past decades.
The absolute monarchy seeks to quell any instability in the region by resorting to heavy-handed crackdowns in confronting critics at home and supporting despotic regimes in neighboring countries, the observers add. 
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Update: 2013 March 19
According to the Daily Telegraph, militant sources said they had received the first batch of the heavy weaponry from Saudi Arabia in Aleppo.
The sources said that more arms, including higher-end missiles, would be sent to the militants later.
On June 14, US President Barack Obama ordered his administration to provide the militants with weapons, claiming that the Syrian government had used “chemical weapons” against the militants and thus crossed Washington’s “red line.” Damascus has rejected the allegation as “lies.”
Israeli President Shimon Peres voiced support for Washington’s arming of the Takfiri militants in Syria. Takfiris accuse most Islamic sects of being infidels.
However, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned other states against providing weapons to the militants in Syria, saying that the arms could end up in Europe one day.
The crisis in Syria began in March 2011. Many people, including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security forces, have been killed in the foreign-sponsored militancy.
Last month, the Syrian president said that militants from as many as 29 different countries were fighting against Syria.
The Syrian government says the West and its regional allies - especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey - are supporting the militants.
This Post will be updated with news and information as the house of Saud and NATO are exposed for their crimes against the peace of the World.
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With 261 billion barrels of crude oil lying beneath its soil, Saudi Arabia remains the lynchpin in the international oil grab presided over by the four horsemen; Shell, Chevron, British Petroleum, Exxon. As of 1990 Aramco (Arabian American Oil Company) produced over 8 million barrels of crude oil a day, ensuring the Saudi role as "swing producer". During the 1991 Gulf War Aramco underwent another expansion and now cranks out an unprecedented 10 million barrels a day. Aramco's primary construction contractor is Bechtel, a San Francisco-based private company that is the largest engineering firm in the world.
In 1981 the US and Saudi governments spearheaded an effort to create the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), consisting of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and UAE. All except Oman are members of OPEC. The elite families of the six GCC nations; Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and UAE are heavily invested in Western economies. High volume crude oil production keeps this investment capital flowing to Wall Street while allowing the GCC elites to live opulent lifestyles, in this way the volume of oil production is much more important than the price received for the oil for Western bankers and the GCC monarchs alike.
In 1981 the US and Saudi governments spearheaded an effort to create the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), consisting of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and UAE. All except Oman are members of OPEC. The elite families of the six GCC nations; Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and UAE are heavily invested in Western economies. High volume crude oil production keeps this investment capital flowing to Wall Street while allowing the GCC elites to live opulent lifestyles, in this way the volume of oil production is much more important than the price received for the oil for Western bankers and the GCC monarchs alike.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwZO7fQKN3gThe Saudi monarch has given a fifth of the seats in a consultative body to women as part of social reforms promised in the year 2011. The kingdom's top religious authorities, including the Grand Mufti, have accepted the decision; however dozens of Saudi clerics have staged a protest against the decision to appoint women to the Shura Council. The Saudi monarch has given a fifth of the seats in a consultative body to women as part of social reforms promised in the year 2011.
The kingdom's top religious authorities, including the Grand Mufti, have accepted the decision; however dozens of Saudi clerics have staged a protest against the decision to appoint women to the Shura Council.
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The kingdom's top religious authorities, including the Grand Mufti, have accepted the decision; however dozens of Saudi clerics have staged a protest against the decision to appoint women to the Shura Council.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMkpa9guxSMOutside support for the myriad of Syria's armed groups is no secret. Saudi Arabia and Qatar alone funnel millions of dollars to the rebels every month. But, as Gayane Chichakyan reports, it's not just cash and weapons being smuggled into Syria, but suicide bombers and ideology too.
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Source: Press TV
Saudi Arabia's monarchy has been holding strong for nearly three centuries. But according to former aide to the White House Bruce Riedel, recent geopolitical changes are leaving the royal family vulnerable.
Riedel is a senior foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy. He says that vast amounts of money have been able to keep violent waves of protest and demonstrations that could overthrow the monarchy at bay. Other protests like those that swept the Arab World have prompted the toppling of entrenched leadership.
Riedel questions the sustainability of the Saudi monarchy's methods which he says if they were overturned would not only affect surrounding Persian Gulf states but also the US.
Saudi Arabia is one of the US' oldest allies in the Middle East. For nearly two years, protesters in Saudi Arabia have held demonstrations almost regularly. Those leading an opposition movement there accuse leadership of suppressing freedom of expression and discrimination.
The demonstrations have occurred mostly in Qatif and Awamiyah in Eastern Province.
In 2011, Saudi security forces killed five protesters and injured many others in the province.
Reidel suggests that Barack Obama would be better advised to urge King Abdullah to move more rapidly on a reform agenda.
Riedel says that revolution in the Middle East could occur faster than any of us previously thought. If that happens he says, the ripple effect stemming from the uprisings would cross geopolitical borders to create a worldwide dilemma.
Riedel is a senior foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy. He says that vast amounts of money have been able to keep violent waves of protest and demonstrations that could overthrow the monarchy at bay. Other protests like those that swept the Arab World have prompted the toppling of entrenched leadership.
Riedel questions the sustainability of the Saudi monarchy's methods which he says if they were overturned would not only affect surrounding Persian Gulf states but also the US.
Saudi Arabia is one of the US' oldest allies in the Middle East. For nearly two years, protesters in Saudi Arabia have held demonstrations almost regularly. Those leading an opposition movement there accuse leadership of suppressing freedom of expression and discrimination.
The demonstrations have occurred mostly in Qatif and Awamiyah in Eastern Province.
In 2011, Saudi security forces killed five protesters and injured many others in the province.
Reidel suggests that Barack Obama would be better advised to urge King Abdullah to move more rapidly on a reform agenda.
Riedel says that revolution in the Middle East could occur faster than any of us previously thought. If that happens he says, the ripple effect stemming from the uprisings would cross geopolitical borders to create a worldwide dilemma.
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2013 – January 30th - Press TV
Saudi ex-diplomat flees Qatar amid deportation fears
Amnesty International says a former Saudi diplomat who was due to be deported from Qatar to his native country of Saudi Arabia has managed to travel to Morocco with the help of Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee.
The London-based human rights organization said in a recent report that Amnesty International and Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) pressured Qatari officials to halt the deportation of Mishal bin Zaar Hamad al-Mutiry.
According to the report, the two human rights bodies paid the al-Mutiry family’s travel expenses to Morocco. The ex-diplomat and his family left Qatar on January 18.
Before traveling to Morocco, al-Mutiry had lived in Qatar since August 2011, when he escaped Saudi Arabia.
In 2006, the former diplomat said he was arrested and tortured for six months after being tracked down and brought back by Saudi regime officials from Brussels to Riyadh.
At the time, al-Mutiry had been living in the Netherlands, where he was granted political asylum in 2004.
The ex-diplomat had been dismissed from his job at Saudi Arabia’s embassy in The Hague after accusing his native country’s embassy of funding terrorism.
Philip Luther, Middle East and North Africa Program Director at Amnesty International, said, “The spotlight on this case resulted in the Qatari authorities curtailing their plans to deport Mishal al-Mutiry long enough for him and his family to leave of their own accord, and the assistance of the NHRC was crucial to ensuring they could travel.”
“Given that Mishal al-Mutiry faced a real risk of torture in Saudi Arabia, it is a huge relief that the authorities did not end up forcing him to return there,” Luther added.
“We will continue to monitor his situation and react if the risk of being deported to Saudi Arabia arises again,” he said.
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Update - 2013 – Feb 09
Source: Press TV
An analyst says next month the people of Saudi Arabia's anti-regime movement, led by the eastern provinces, will march on the capital Riyadh.
In the background of this in Saudi Arabia Shia cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr shot and arrested by regime forces last July 2012 for criticizing the ruling family is still a focus of anti-regime protests by the people of the eastern provinces that chant slogans for the release of the cleric who is being denied medical care in prison. Protests that are growing across the country have for some time now demanded the release of all political prisoners held in Saudi jails.
Press TV has interviewed Ali al-Ahmad, Director of IGA, Washington about this issue.
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Update: 2013 Feb 14
Saudi Arabia, ally to West and exporter of terrorism
Source: Press TV
Saudi Arabia is viewed as a land of contradictions by many outsiders, as the country continues its widespread support for extremism and terrorist groups while being propped up by the West.
An analyst with the Institute for Middle East Studies says wealthy Saudi figures and tribes are willing to support terrorists if they believe the extremists to be pursuing a sacred cause.
Furthermore, the WikiLeaks whistleblower website has published secret documents belonging to the US Department of State, revealing that terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda receive most of their funds from Saudi Arabia.
Nonetheless, countries such as the United States continue to hail the Saudi monarchy despite the kingdom’s support for terrorism such as funding terrorists in Iraq, Syria and Yemen among other parts of the world.
Analysts attribute the US support to the huge reserves of natural resources in Saudi Arabia, while the ruling Al Saud family has proven to be a reliable and staunch ally for Washington over the past decades.
The absolute monarchy seeks to quell any instability in the region by resorting to heavy-handed crackdowns in confronting critics at home and supporting despotic regimes in neighboring countries, the observers add.
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Update: 2013 March 16th
Saudis hold anti-regime protest in Qassim
Anti-regime protest in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province
Source: Press TV
Demonstrators in Saudi Arabia have staged another protest rally against the Al Saud regime in central province of al-Qassim, Press TV reports.
The outraged protestors took to the streets in the city of Buraidah on Saturday, calling for the immediate release of political prisoners including a group of women who were recently arrested.
Earlier on March 1, Saudi security forces arrested over 300 people, including 15 women, in al-Qassim province.
The arrests took place after hundreds of Saudis staged a protest sit-in to demand the release of political prisoners.
Saudi activists say there are more than 30,000 political prisoners, mostly prisoners of conscience, in jails across the Kingdom.
According to the activists, most of the detained political thinkers are being held by the government without trial or legitimate charges and that they were arrested for merely looking suspicious.
Some of the detainees are reported to be held without trial for more than 16 years.
Attempting to incite the public against the government and the allegiance to foreign entities are usually the ready-made charges against the dissidents.
In Saudi Arabia, protests and political gatherings of any kind are prohibited.
Since February 2011, protesters have held demonstrations on an almost regular basis in Saudi Arabia primarily calling for the release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly, and an end to widespread discrimination.
However, the demonstrations have turned into protests against the repressive Al Saud regime, especially after November 2011, when Saudi security forces killed five protesters and injured many others in the country's Eastern Province.
Earlier on March 1, Saudi security forces arrested over 300 people, including 15 women, in al-Qassim province.
The arrests took place after hundreds of Saudis staged a protest sit-in to demand the release of political prisoners.
Saudi activists say there are more than 30,000 political prisoners, mostly prisoners of conscience, in jails across the Kingdom.
According to the activists, most of the detained political thinkers are being held by the government without trial or legitimate charges and that they were arrested for merely looking suspicious.
Some of the detainees are reported to be held without trial for more than 16 years.
Attempting to incite the public against the government and the allegiance to foreign entities are usually the ready-made charges against the dissidents.
In Saudi Arabia, protests and political gatherings of any kind are prohibited.
Since February 2011, protesters have held demonstrations on an almost regular basis in Saudi Arabia primarily calling for the release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly, and an end to widespread discrimination.
However, the demonstrations have turned into protests against the repressive Al Saud regime, especially after November 2011, when Saudi security forces killed five protesters and injured many others in the country's Eastern Province.
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Update: 2013 March 19
Source: Press TV
A commentator says that all the factors and ingredients of a revolution are now present in the Persian Gulf monarchy of Saudi Arabia.
The comments come as the Al Saud regime forces have arrested dozens of prominent figures in the Persian Gulf kingdom in a two-day period as Riyadh intensifies its campaign of terror on dissidents. According to reports, security forces raided homes and offices across the capital city of Riyadh, detaining a number of religious scholars, doctors, professors, students and civil workers. Regime forces also launched similar crackdowns in the kingdom's Eastern Province and the cities of Mecca and Jeddah.
Since February 2011, demonstrators have held anti-regime protest rallies on an almost regular basis in Saudi Arabia, mainly in the Qatif region and the town of Awamiyah in Eastern Province, primarily calling for the release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly, and an end to widespread discrimination.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Ali al-Ahmad, director of the IGA from Washington DC, to shed more light on the issue at hand.
The comments come as the Al Saud regime forces have arrested dozens of prominent figures in the Persian Gulf kingdom in a two-day period as Riyadh intensifies its campaign of terror on dissidents. According to reports, security forces raided homes and offices across the capital city of Riyadh, detaining a number of religious scholars, doctors, professors, students and civil workers. Regime forces also launched similar crackdowns in the kingdom's Eastern Province and the cities of Mecca and Jeddah.
Since February 2011, demonstrators have held anti-regime protest rallies on an almost regular basis in Saudi Arabia, mainly in the Qatif region and the town of Awamiyah in Eastern Province, primarily calling for the release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly, and an end to widespread discrimination.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Ali al-Ahmad, director of the IGA from Washington DC, to shed more light on the issue at hand.
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Update: 2013 May 07
Muslim Holy Shrine Demolishing Idea Came from Saudi Arabia
Source: Press TV
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June 16th, 2013
Saudi royals planned military coup: Website
News Source: Press TV
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has ordered former deputy Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz be put under house arrest.
The monarch apparently issued the order after the country’s intelligence services detected suspicious activities by the officers within the ground forces who are close to the former defense minister, mirataljazeera.net reported.
The king ordered the house arrest from Morocco where he was on a visit. The monarch cut short the trip and flew home to deal with the issue.
The investigation was carried out by a committee comprising six different security agencies. It revealed that the officers, in cahoots with the prince and the former governor of the Eastern Province Mohammed bin Fahad bin Abdul Aziz, currently residing in the United States, were planning to stage a coup d'état.
The website also said that the former defense minister is suspected of having a role in the coup.
Prince Khaled was dismissed by royal decree on April 21, 2013. Prince Fahd Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, who was commander of Saudi naval forces since 2002, succeeded him.
There has been a power struggle within Al Saud as younger members of the royal family are vying to snatch power in case the ailing king dies.
The king ordered the house arrest from Morocco where he was on a visit. The monarch cut short the trip and flew home to deal with the issue.
The investigation was carried out by a committee comprising six different security agencies. It revealed that the officers, in cahoots with the prince and the former governor of the Eastern Province Mohammed bin Fahad bin Abdul Aziz, currently residing in the United States, were planning to stage a coup d'état.
The website also said that the former defense minister is suspected of having a role in the coup.
Prince Khaled was dismissed by royal decree on April 21, 2013. Prince Fahd Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, who was commander of Saudi naval forces since 2002, succeeded him.
There has been a power struggle within Al Saud as younger members of the royal family are vying to snatch power in case the ailing king dies.
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June 20th, 2013
Saudi Arabia provides heavy weaponry to militants in Syria
News Source: Press TV
Saudi Arabia has provided the Takfiri militants operating inside Syria with Russian-made Konkurs anti-tank missiles.
According to the Daily Telegraph, militant sources said they had received the first batch of the heavy weaponry from Saudi Arabia in Aleppo.
The sources said that more arms, including higher-end missiles, would be sent to the militants later.
On June 14, US President Barack Obama ordered his administration to provide the militants with weapons, claiming that the Syrian government had used “chemical weapons” against the militants and thus crossed Washington’s “red line.” Damascus has rejected the allegation as “lies.”
Israeli President Shimon Peres voiced support for Washington’s arming of the Takfiri militants in Syria. Takfiris accuse most Islamic sects of being infidels.
However, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned other states against providing weapons to the militants in Syria, saying that the arms could end up in Europe one day.
The crisis in Syria began in March 2011. Many people, including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security forces, have been killed in the foreign-sponsored militancy.
Last month, the Syrian president said that militants from as many as 29 different countries were fighting against Syria.
The Syrian government says the West and its regional allies - especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey - are supporting the militants.
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June 28th, 2013
Video Source: Press TV
Tens of thousands of people in Saudi Arabia have attended the funeral of two activists who were killed by regime forces in the country's Eastern Province. The funerals were held in the town of Awamiyah and the Qatif region on Wednesday.
The mourners slammed the regime's deadly crackdown on the country's uprising and chanted slogans against the ruling Al Saud family.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Syed Ali Wasif, Society for International Reforms and Research, about the recent protests in Saudi Arabia.
The mourners slammed the regime's deadly crackdown on the country's uprising and chanted slogans against the ruling Al Saud family.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Syed Ali Wasif, Society for International Reforms and Research, about the recent protests in Saudi Arabia.
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Update: 2013 July 29
Global demand for Saudi oil dropping
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
Source: Press TV
Global demand for Saudi Arabian oil has been continuously dropping, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says.
In open letters to high-ranking Saudi officials published on Sunday, Prince Alwaleed, a nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, expressed alarm over the fact that "92 percent of the government budget relies on oil" revenues.
"The world's reliance on OPEC oil, especially the production of Saudi Arabia, is in a clear and continuous drop," he wrote in a letter, which addressed to Ali al-Naimi, the Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum and mineral resources.
The prince added that the threat from shale gas is "definitely coming", and pointed out recent progress in this field in North America and Australia.
Shale gas is natural gas that is found trapped within shale formations and is extracted by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking -- pumping water, chemicals and sand at high pressure into rock to release it.
"Revenue diversification is a must, and that necessitates a clear vision that should be implemented immediately," said Prince Alwaleed, one of the world’s richest men with an estimated fortune of more than $20 billion.
He also called on Saudi authorities to prepare plans to generate nuclear and renewable energy to "reduce local consumption of oil as soon as possible".
"The world's reliance on OPEC oil, especially the production of Saudi Arabia, is in a clear and continuous drop," he wrote in a letter, which addressed to Ali al-Naimi, the Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum and mineral resources.
The prince added that the threat from shale gas is "definitely coming", and pointed out recent progress in this field in North America and Australia.
Shale gas is natural gas that is found trapped within shale formations and is extracted by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking -- pumping water, chemicals and sand at high pressure into rock to release it.
"Revenue diversification is a must, and that necessitates a clear vision that should be implemented immediately," said Prince Alwaleed, one of the world’s richest men with an estimated fortune of more than $20 billion.
He also called on Saudi authorities to prepare plans to generate nuclear and renewable energy to "reduce local consumption of oil as soon as possible".
