Prince Bandar new chief of intelligence

[somebozo]

Prince Bandar new chief of intelligence

Prince Bandar new chief of intelligence | ArabNews


JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS
Friday 20 July 2012
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has appointed Prince Bandar bin Sultan as the new chief of General Intelligence, replacing Prince Muqrin.
Prince Muqrin has been appointed as adviser to the king and special messenger with the rank of minister, the Saudi Press Agency said quoting a Royal Court statement yesterday.
Prince Bandar will also be the new secretary-general of the National Security Council with the rank of a minister. Prince Bandar is the kingdom’s former ambassador to the United States.

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

Give the bandar a banana!

 

[Fazlu]

Haha! Prince Bandar !!

Epic !

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

Haha! Prince Bandar !!
Epic !

bandar is port in at least two languages I know. I don't know about Arabic, but the khalijis would've picked up the word from the neighbourhood. We disambiguate it from the other bandar by calling it a bandar gaah. Still, .

 

[Fazlu]

bandar is port in at least two languages I know. I don't know about Arabic, but the khalijis would've picked up the word from the neighbourhood. We disambiguate it from the other bandar by calling it a bandar gaah. Still, .

It become even more epic when you realize-- prince "Bandar" is now the chief of "intelligence".

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Good news

 

[Banu Umayyah]

bandar is port in at least two languages I know. I don't know about Arabic, but the khalijis would've picked up the word from the neighbourhood. We disambiguate it from the other bandar by calling it a bandar gaah. Still, .

The name Bandar came from the Persian language which means sea port. On topic, Bandar is right for the job, but what is surprising is that they replaced the king's brother with his nephew.

 

[Don Jaguar]

The name Bandar came from the Persian language which means sea port. On topic, Bandar is right for the job, but what is surprising is that they replaced the king's brother with his nephew.

In Urdu and Hindi bandar means monkey.

 

[Arabian Legend]

the right man in the right place. this decision by the king should have been taken long time ago still not late tho

 

[Hyperion]

Does someone have a profile on this guy? I mean, other than the one on Wikipedia.

From Wiki, it seems they are bringing him in to wreck more havoc on Iran (read between the lines).

Read the second heading 'Recent appearances,' basically another American bred and raised dog being prepped to kill more innocents in the name of religion and saudi hegemony!

From: Bandar bin Sultan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Disappearance and rumors
Bandar's last major public appearance before his return to the Kingdom was on 10 December 2008 in a meeting with King Abdullah.[16] After King Abdullah renewed his post for another 4-year term in September 2009, he did not provide the customary public allegiance to the King.[16] He did not show up with his friend Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in the opening of the new Cowboys Stadium.[16] In October 2009, he was not present in King Abdullah's delegation to the watershed Damascus visit.[16] In December 2009, he was not present in the return of his father, Crown Prince Sultan, from Morocco.[16]


Recent appearances
In what was perceived as a return to prominence, in March 2011, Bandar was sent to Pakistan, India, Malaysia, and China to gather support for Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Bahrain.[19][20] In April 2011, Bandar was present in the meeting when U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited King Abdullah and in a separate visit by National Security Advisor Tom Donilon.[20]
The other goal of his late March 2011 visit to Islamabad (Pakistan) was to raise the prospect of a return engagement for Pakistan army. The goal achieved and Pakistan quickly approved the proposal.[21]
His visit to China during the same period included the lucrative contracts in return for political support. Since China is not a friend of the Arab Spring, it is eager for Saudi oil and investment. Bandar secretly negotiated the first big Saudi-Chinese arms deal. Thus, Bandar is the Kingdoms's premier China expert.[21]
According to Iran's PressTV, Bandar was under house arrest for an attempted coup,[17][18] while opposition sources said he was in Dhaban Prison.[16] Some rumors alleged that his coup was exposed by Russian intelligence services because of his frequent trips to Moscow to encourage cooperation against Iran.[16]
Other rumors alleged that he was undergoing treatment and two operations in Baltimore Johns Hopkins Hospital.[17] Bandar's lawyer denied these charges.[16] He has no spokesman.[19]