“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’etat…………….”

The source of this is a Saudi opposition news website (www.mirataljazeera.net) and it was covered by Iran’s Press TV. The details could not be verified, but the facts are that: (1) King Abdullah (90+ years) was rushed back from Morocco too early (Saudi kings and princes prefer Morocco to any other Arab country for vacationing); (2) Prince Khaled Bin Sultan, son of the late defense minister and crown prince, was fired last month from his job.
The Al Saud branches are gearing up for a protracted internal fight over who owns the country that is now called Saudi Arabia (but should be called the Arabian Peninsula). The report also says that former Prince of the eastern province, Mohammed Bin Fahad, son of the late King Fahad, who is vacationing abroad, has been banned from returning home.

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