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Youth Diaspora (Agencies) - publishing site Wikileaks cables reveal the pay of diplomatic missions of U.S. great attention uitm to the challenges of the transition of power in Saudi Arabia, due to what it represents stability in the Kingdom of utmost importance to U.S. national security .. show cables that U.S. interest began during the reign of King Fahd, and continued until after the inauguration uitm of the current King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of power, due to the advanced age of the sons of the kingdom's founder uitm Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, and the inevitability recognizes the new generation of the rule during the next phase of the history of the Kingdom, and that causes a shift from the concerns of American, in the presence of aspirants many hoping to sit on the seat of government. .. / ...
According uitm to sources, follow it with the appearance of the first signs of ill health of King Fahd, began the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh to pay attention uitm to the question of how the transition of power within the ruling family, and at a time when it appeared that the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh in the Telegraph (95 / RIYADH5221) more satisfied to not get the complexities of the process transfer of power by trying to keep the Crown Prince, Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, the movement of a second cable (98 / JEDDAH1247) issued by the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah was baptized members of the royal family, uitm King Fahd bend for a decision to abandon the throne in 1998 as a result of the deteriorating state of health that was experienced, for the benefit uitm of the Crown Prince Abdullah.
The cable, from a Saudi journalists and high-level Saudi official as saying retired: The King Fahd Sudairi brothers, cousins and Alabrahimyin, are convinced the king not to step down, after he handed over power to Crown Prince Abdullah after the stroke he suffered.
According to a press Saudi Arabia, tried to King Fahd to give up the throne, but his entourage of family were careful not to get it, as quoted by the Telegraph for some observers, the Saudis talk about that some affiliates of the current King Fahd played a key role in the formulation of policies that he was the Crown approval, through their promotion to the wishes uitm of those close to King Fahd!!.
She spoke telegram for "enemies uitm and allies" within the ruling family, pointing out that most of my interlocutor embassy feel that Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, a strong ally of Abdullah, and that the latter trusts him and consulted on foreign policy in a number of other issues, Marjaheen to leave al-Faisal, the Foreign Ministry to work advisor to the king when Abdullah received power.
As for the family uitm Sudairia, has indicated the Telegraph, quoting observers, that its members were manipulating Abdallahi and seek to compete on power from behind the scenes. The Telegraph quoted one observer for characterization of the Saudi princes as follows: Nayef obsessed with security, and Prince Salman has spies, and everyone in the palace spying uitm on the other.
He adds observers by Wikileaks: The Bandar uitm bin Sultan, who was at that time working as ambassador to the Kingdom in Washington, "a man of America", and is seen as a promoter of U.S. interests in Saudi Arabia, and hated it so here it is the royal family also accused uitm the observer himself Bandar as a "monkey Black "will never become king because of his mother's assets.
However assume Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz throne smoothly after the death of King Fahd, missed the issue of succession for telegrams Embassy, to come back strongly in 2006 with the release of King system Allegiance Commission, raising questions about the ability of the new system to regulate the differences on the judgment within the ruling family, and secure smooth transition of power after changed some rules of the game .. factor is seniority in age as a delimiter key for any potential candidate dropped significantly, while the guarantee system Allegiance Commission a range of materials allows the exclusion of the king and the crown prince for the throne, under certain conditions, it opens the door wide to the prospects uitm the struggle for the throne among the princes of the House of Saud, which prompted a Saudi media in the document (RIYADH1434 / 09) to describe the kingdom as a "country in the process of transformation", is facing a number of questions about the future, pointing out that it is clear that during the next ten years, it will be There is a new leader of the new generation of princes and adds it very troubling, no one knows who will be that person.
In this sense, touched the Telegraph (06 / RIYADH8921) detailed uitm to the fired them winners and losers of the new system, after likened the Saudi royal family as companies such as Fort Motor name on the door, which is the only country in the world today, which was created and named for the family.
The Crown Prince Sultan (the late) is the first winners who talked about them, after seeing that, based on the old system, the king was able to, at least in theory