tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:35:00 +0000http://www.statedepartment.com/recent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)Blogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-1498697095736666544Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002010-01-23T11:05:31.333-05:00I said it serves no purpose to continue engaging in discussions about fairness of another nation's courts after one has availed oneself of them. --- Ambassador Prince Bandar, in a letter to US Congressional House members.The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience. ---Arthur SchopenhauerrThere are two ways you can manage reporting. One way is to make sure that reports are http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-40.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-9105984726414168005Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:13:11.794-04:00I have often wondered how "commoner" police and military under the control of oligarchs can justify killing their neighbors and relatives. What demonic power do the Saudi Royal Family Princelings have over these manipulated enforcers? How can any Arabian Peninsula police/military officer under the dictatorship of the Saud family justify their actions? --- Herb MallardThe greatest danger to a http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-39.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-4679826818063539724Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:13:03.379-04:00Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely, or to think sanely, under the influence of a great fear. ---Bertrand RussellThe great darkness is the Islamic interpretation of the United States. --- Dar al harbThe only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. --- SocratesSAUD FAMILY CONTINUE TO BUY US AND BRITISH MEDIAReuters reports: "Saudi Arabian billionaire investorhttp://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-38.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-8840837333635043730Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:12:56.953-04:00History has become too subversive. The past has too much knowledge embedded in it. --- Tariq AliEverything secret degenerates ... nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. --- Lord ActonASIA ADDRESSES OLIGARCHIC INEQUITIESReuters reports: "Wan Usman, head of strategic studies at the University of Jakarta in Indonesia [says]... 'The network [Al Qaeda] had http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-37.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-1237302169632063866Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:12:49.092-04:00The record of human rights abuses and violations for Saudi Arabia still far exceeds the advances. --- State Department Human Rights ReportAmbassador Bandar and the government he represents continue to mock our requests for justice and fair play. --- Congressman Earl HilliardJOURNALISTIC HAZARDS COVERING PRINCE BANDAR WITHIN WASHINGTONCenter for Public Integrity says: "In the world's oldest http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-36.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-2434713174636605345Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:12:43.288-04:00 * The Newsletter the Saud family and their Washington retainers love to hate *I have often wondered why Saud family Washington retainers are not in fear of being prosecuted. I once asked one of them who said: "The media is just pesky. Justice is political and the US taxpayer has a short attention span, nothing ever comes of it." --- Herb MallardSAUD FAMILY AND NEOCON INTERROGATION http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-35.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-7648841997709739089Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:11:55.599-04:00The abuse of political power for private gain deprives the neediest of vital public services, creating a level of despair that breeds conflict and violence. It also hits the pockets of taxpayers and shareholders worldwide. The problem must be tackled at the national and international level. ---Transparency InternationalDO THE SAUD AND BIN LADEN FAMILIES FILTERING BACK INTO THE UNITED STATES KNOW http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-34.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-4660468540028849959Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:11:36.274-04:00 Remember when you were a child and the holidays seemed to take forever to arrive? Imagine how long a minute must seem to the parent of a missing child. --- National Center for Missing & Exploited Children When I go to the Post Office and look at all of those posters of children who are missing I cannot help but wonder how many are in Saudi Arabia as sex slaves. --- Herb MallardWhat's a few kids http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-33.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-8784331917437556092Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:11:28.368-04:00May God be the witness that you are martyrs ... You died to honor God's word. (You) committed suicide? We committed suicide by living like the dead. --- Ghazi Algosaibi Saudi Arabian Ambassador to London in "The Martyrs,"Politics is about interests. Politics is not about morals. --- Iraq UN Ambassador Mohammed Douri Moslems are 20% of world population but control only 4% of the trade, primarily http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-32.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-3664158840588958591Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:11:21.500-04:00I am very careful to look after U.S. government officials when they return to private life. If the reputation then builds that the Saudis take care of friends when they leave office, you’d be surprised how much better friends you have who are just coming into office. --- Ambassador Prince BandarA CONGRESSMAN ENUMERATES THE TRUTH AVOIDED BY OTHER CONGRESSMENNewsMax reports: "A leading New York http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-31.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-2092322638669751465Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:11:13.983-04:00American media is ignorant, lazy and shallow. --- Ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul AzizIRONIES OF THE PROFIT TAKERS AFTER 9/11/01The Wall Street Journal reports: "If the U.S. boosts defense spending in its quest to stop Osama bin Laden's alleged terrorist activities, there may be one unexpected beneficiary: Mr. bin Laden's family. Among its far-flung business interests, the http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-30.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-6460460773066115480Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:11:04.978-04:00 In wartime, truth is so precious that she should be attended by a bodyguard of lies. --- Winston Churchill US INTELLIGENCE TAP SAUD FAMILY TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONSWe have received various emails from Saud family sympathizers in the past several years who have emphatically denied that the Saud family is corrupt and/or degenerate. The only way we can prove them wrong is by continually telling the http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-6022651237324423740Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:10:58.303-04:00Laws are spider webs, they hold the weak and delicate who are caught in their meshes, but are torn in pieces by the rich and powerful. --- Anarcharsis, 1st century BC Scythian philosopherWHO SOLD US NATIONAL SECURITY TO THE SAUD FAMILY UNDER THE GUISE OF "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP"?The Guardian reports: "FBI and military intelligence officials in Washington say they were prevented for political http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-28.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-8910620918244227828Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:10:51.483-04:00 "To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books [ or internet ] is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves." --- Claude-Adrien Helvetius WASHINGTON MEDIA COVERAGE!Ambassador Prince Bandar continues to intimidate the US press by having his Washington retainers pull the Saudi Arabia "special relationship" capacity when there is any imminent media http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-3875915571879529090Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:10:46.092-04:00Corruption scandals that bubble to the surface often have a political element. For politicians to be accused of corruption, the previous network of patronage must have crumbled. --- Wolfgang Schaüble, Chairman of Germany's Christian DemocratsAL KHOBAR WHITEWASHThe New York Times commenting on the al Khobar US deaths reports: " The minister, Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz, when asked if any of the http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-9126909102160650546Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:10:36.430-04:00Corruption scandals that bubble to the surface often have a political element. For politicians to be accused of corruption, the previous network of patronage must have crumbled. -- Wolfgang Schaüble, Chairman of Germany's Christian DemocratsMINISTER OF TORTURE/MURDER PRINCE NAYEF BIN ABDUL AZIZ BIN SAUDThe Saud family Ministry of Interior known as the Ministry of Torture/Murder is directed by http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-25.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-4151672763462156178Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:09:10.865-04:00There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. - Ayn RandTHE DESERT STORM US MILITARY LOGISTICAL SUPPLY CONSPIRACYA Conspiracy is defined as a voluntary intentional agreement or mutual understanding between two or more individuals or entities with the intent to further a common purpose. The conspirators do not have to know each other or work together. The conspirators http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-4682262226953825713Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-03-23T23:09:01.283-04:00There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. -- Henry David ThoreauPROPOSED FOREIGN MILITARY SALE TO SAUDI ARABIA ANNOUNCEDOffice of Assistant Secretary of Defense announces: "The government of Saudi Arabia has requested a possible sale of 500 AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missiles (AMRAAM), software updates to support AMRAAM operational andhttp://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-166395536565377917Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 +00002009-03-23T23:06:49.435-04:00INTERNATIONAL SEX SLAVERY AND THE SAUD FAMILYAssociated Press reports: "With as many as two million women world wide forced into sexual slavery, the sex trade seems to have replaced narcotics as the favored illegal trade activity. ... Harold Koh, assistant Secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, said international criminals are moving away from 'guns and drugs' to marketing http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-6062060902619868740Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 +00002009-03-23T23:06:38.513-04:00ARABIAN PENINSULA AFTER THE SAUD FAMILYAs we have noted in the past, the Saud family are deliberately attempting to expunge any tribal affiliations in Saudi Arabia while increasing their own tribal bond. The most blatant example of this is the Saud family "Prince and Princess only" web site. We have noted Adel Jubail remarkably call himself and those Arabs with other tribal affiliations http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-21.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-5058696898181160403Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 +00002009-03-23T23:06:31.165-04:00OUR SAUDI INTERNET CONNECTIONSPrinces Nayif, Sultan and Abdallah are old men who run the family business Saudi Arabia. These men are stale in their ways and have little use for innovation. Although Abdullah does use a computer he relies on his minions for most work. They fail to comprehend the growing magnitude of the Internet. The young Arabian Peninsula Arabs controlled by the Saud family are http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-665815366969536578Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 +00002009-03-23T23:06:21.109-04:00SAUD FAMILY ARE BUYING PORTS OF REFUGESaud family members have been buying up prime properties throughout Europe. In the Geneva area complete enclaves of shore front property have been purchased by Saud family members using the usual shell companies to hide ownership. This has irritated the local citizens by driving up prices which result in higher taxes. One Swiss citizen told us that the Swiss http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-5776480137198798460Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:02:00 +00002009-03-23T23:06:13.899-04:00WHY ARE THERE NO FEMALE QUEENS IN SAUDI ARABIA?Saudi Arabia has Kings, Princes and Princesses but no queens. Sociologically this is perplexing. Saud family princelings are brought up by their mothers and other women until their formative years, rarely seeing their fathers. Ambassador Prince Bandar did not even know who his father was when growing up. We are told he would wander around the palace http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-9017786640418594375Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:58:00 +00002009-03-23T23:06:05.043-04:00SAUD FAMILY CONTROL CRUMBLING!A New York Times editorial reports: "With King Fahd ailing, and his brother Crown Prince Abdullah running the show, Saudi Arabia also just announced that it was extending basic Internet service to all major cities ending the practice whereby Saudis who wanted to get on the Web had to make a long-distance call through neighboring Bahrain. This means the Saudi http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529316046737482660.post-1122953276327524777Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:58:00 +00002009-03-23T23:05:42.584-04:00SAUDI DISSIDENTS BEWAREAmbassador Prince Bandar and his Washington retainers have concocted phony dissident media be it through the internet, newsletters or newspapers. These publications are used to flush out dissident Saudis, especially students studying within the United States. Records are then kept of these individuals for future use when they return to Saudi Arabia.WASHINGTON'S ABANDONMENT http://www.statedepartment.com/2009/03/issue-16.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Director)