One More Saudi Prince Out of the Way - Killed

Prince Mansour Bin Miqrin Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud died in a helicopter crash in Asir province south of Saudi. He was the deputy governor of the province. Cause of crash yet to be known.

Prince Mansour is the son of the former Crown Prince Miqrin Bin Abdul Aziz, the uncle of Mohammad Bin Salman #MBS, the last brother of the king Salam Bin Abdulaziz making him the last serious real threat of MBS.

If the helicopter crash was deliberate, then whoever is behind it must have very evil mind and absolute power not to fear any ramifications. If MBS has anything to do with it as some sources are hinting, it's a very serious message to Prince Miqrin to stay aside and not to think of cutting the way for the young prince to reach the throne.

However, if the perfectly timed helicopter crash was not intentional then the absence of Prince Mansour Bin Miqrin and the affect that it had on his father is enough to lessen any contender for the throne among who is left of the Al Saud.

Sources from Saudi put the numbers of detained princes, ministers, businessmen and officials at over 5,000 and counting. For sure the alleged corruption is not the real reason.

The hypocrisy of the West

Whenever a non known Syrian opposition figure is arrested by the Syrian authorities for any reason including terror, the whole self-proclaimed 'international community' ie. Western countries, go rabid against the Syrian authorities and exert maximum pressure to release the criminal for fake human rights abuses.

With all these prominent figures detained by the regime in Saudi we didn't see any reaction or call for the safety of any of the detained dignitaries or calling for public trials and to allow the attendance of lawyers with the interest of their clients in their minds, if not exerting similar pressure on the authorities in Saudi to release these detained people.

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