 Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, abruptly resigned his post after only 15 months on the job and left the country, The Washington Post reported Monday. Arab News learned from a source in the embassy that the ambassador flew out of Washington on Monday afternoon, after informing US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and his staff at the embassy that he would be leaving the position. “It is true he left the country, but he is going to attend his son’s graduation in London,” said the source, who said Turki will return to Washington in January. Turki’s predecessor, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, held the job for 22 years.| Fascinating. I wonder when the other shoe will drop... |
| Captain Ed suggests that he's leaving for one of two reasons: 1) his brother Saud, the current foreign minister, is ill/dead/vulture watching, and so Turki is needed at home to be the new FM, or 2) Abdullah is suddenly becoming more stable/vulture watching, and Turki is getting ready to make a power grab. Turki left without all the usual diplomatic nicieties, so something is up. |
Option 3: He wants to spend more time with his family. Something big is gonna boom Stateside, and Turki is making like a tree and getting the hell outta here. |
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