(Saudi) Prince pledges to aid Murdoch

[Newsjock]

Look who's coming to the defense of Murdoch ... those wacky Saudis.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/942102ce-38ca-11d9-bc76-00000e2511c8.html

Prince al-Waleed bin Talal, the billionaire Saudi investor, has vowed to block any hostile takeover bid for News Corp, throwing his support behind Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the US media group.

Kingdom Holding Company, the prince's privately owned investment vehicle, has promised to convert its 3 per cent non-voting stake in News Corp worth about $1bn into voting stock and acquire additional shares in the event of a bid.

... Prince al-Waleed told the FT: “The idea is that if the need arises, we will act to keep News Corp independent under the leadership of Mr Murdoch and convert our stock to a voting stake and take whatever additional stake is needed.” He also supported Mr Murdoch's sons, Lachlan and James, who are deputy chief operating officer and chief executive of BSkyB respectively. “I want to be sure Mr Murdoch and his family and the directors understand I'm ready to assist.”

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[enki23]

1. talk about quid pro fucking quo

.

[Erika]

9. Bushco/Faux/Saudi News

They've been in bed together a long time.

[Seabiscuit]

12. Michael Moore was right. Now it's finally out in the open.

They're all buying up America and brainwashing the dumbed-down morans.

[devinsgram]

31. Maybe they will call it Saudi America

Or United States of Saudi. Hmmmm. Just wondering.

[Seabiscuit]

36. Or "The United States of Bush/Saudi Family Royals"

with Rupert Murdochas Press Secretary and Crown Prince Media Czar.

[NEOBuckeye]

2. What a bastard

These people certainly do look out for their own, don't they?

[Brundle_Fly]

It's amazing that it's

not even subtle anymore.

[billyoc]

3. You bet your ass the Saudi's will block a hostile takeover

of Faux News, the LAST thing they need is to see their murderous faces plastered all over the TV every night.

[Old and In the Way]

6. Kingdom Holdings also advertisers on CNN......

I think they have holdings in that company, too. I wonder how much GE stock they own?

Of course, their investments in the US are in the trillions....gotta invest all those petro-dollars somewhere.

I wonder if people realize what kind of national security risk SA presents with their financial influence on our country and the current administration?

[lavendermist]

7. My thoughts exactly..

Is our democracy being bought, or given away, bit by bit? Why do more people not understand what a problem it is to be dependent on other countries or financially indebted to them? I am baffled by the people who appear to be sitting around staring at their navels.

:mad:

[Seabiscuit]

13. You know what? I don't approve of his methods, but maye

Osama's right. He sure has the Saudi's pegged, and he's sure got Dubya pegged.

[Just Me]

24. Umm,...you're assuming OBL isn't a member of that "team".

I no longer make any assumptions because the game is strictly about power-mongering,...you know, partners in a venture called "absolute power".

[Old and In the Way]

27. Totally agree.

If you were the Saudi Arabia royal family and you wanted to stage manage the radical fundies.....seems that OBL would be the ideal "bad guy". There is nothing impossible when trillions of $ are at stake.

Do we really know OBL? Except for the legend created by the MSM? Google "Tim Osman" for some interesting reading.....

[Seabiscuit]

35. I find myself leaning more these days towards a MIHOP version of 9/11

[edbermac]

4. Media Murderers like Murdoch are the real enemy...

He makes Bin Laden look like a juvenile deliquent

[Old and In the Way]

5. Maybe Murdoch will change the News Organization to

FoxSaudi News Network. Does seem that the RW conservatives, corporate news, and the Saudi Royal Family share some very common agendas..... think again about that Iraq war...who benefitted in the ME? Why, Saudi Arabia, of course.

1) A major secular threat on their border is taken out.
2) US moves their military base out.
3) The US is now well entrenched in the neighborhood, providing a good deal of security for the House of Saud.
4) Iraqi oil is pretty well off the market, making Saudi product worth more.

Not bad for a country that birthed radical Islamic fundementalism and where 15/19 9/11 terrorists originated.

[Solitaire]

8. I thought that only American Citizens..

could own a media organization?

[Blue_Tires]

25. congress changed that law several years back

just for Murdoch, of course

[Solitaire]

32. well, that's just STUPID

Great, I really want the Saudi's or Japanese, or whomever to own our media.

:(

[Just Me]

38. Well,...your are not the beneficiary of that delusional,...

,..."free market",....which is being UPSET by human lives which were born into UNFREE circumstances and which will, in addition to "MOTHER NATURE" disturb,...FIGHT against the perpetualdiscrimation by those who seek power for themselves rather than best interests for humanity!!!!
GAWD!!! I only wish we could put these people on their own island such that they could kill off eachother rather than the rest of us!!!!

[Erika]

10. And How Many of the 9/11 Bombers were Saudi?

Is this starting to sink in?

[Seabiscuit]

14. Bin Laden was very clever to recruit Saudis for 9/11.

He's seen the Saudi Royal Family better than anyone in the U.S. has until Michael Moore came along.

[JDPriestly]

11. The Saudi dictators once again

fund and support right-wing fanaticism. O'Reilly and Hannity are actually shills for Saudi Arabia. That explains everything.

[xxqqqzme]

15. somebody explain 2 me

how those 59m regressive, rabid, radical RED rethugs think all this shit is sooooo f*cking wonderful for: the economy; jobs; education; environment and civil liberties? THEM? It is slowly sinking in..... I have been resisting it, trying 2 think the best but we really, truly ARE a nation of dumber and dumbest.

[Erika]

17. Yes, We Are Becoming Dumber & They're Proud Of It

The red states lead the way.

[henslee]

16. TALK ABOUT THE FUCKING MEDIA IN SAUDI POCKETS!!!!!

FUCK THIS BULLSHIT

[Hard Attack]

18. Must Read - Same Prince Who Rudy Guiliani Gave Check BAck Too -

I believe this is the same guy who was blasted by Rudy Guiliani and recieved his donation he made to the victims fund of 911 on October 11, 2001 after this prince made comments that America's Policies causing incidents like 911.

Here is latest with picture of Prince Talal in 'Corporate Dress'..
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article_id=10235

And the Good Old BBC - flashback to October 12, 2001 - with picture of same prince in his 'Prince' Outfit with Rudy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1594483.stm

Here are some links to Free Republic Threads back from 2001 that you guys might find interesting...

US government backs Giuliani against Saudi prince
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/546546/posts

Saudi Prince Threatens Payback for Giuliani Snub (posted 10/12/01)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/546254/posts

[Old and In the Way]

20. Someone should post this article over at FR............

Until that start to see who the real enemy is (and it ain't us), we are totally screwed as a country. Yeah, Rudi, didn't take the $10MM....big deal, that's pocket change for the Sauds. The real danger is them using Murdoch et al. as their proxy for us to do their business. We, as a country, are so squeezed between the SA financial investments and Israeli political influence.

I'd like to see us unilaterally pull out of the entire ME....then maybe they'd be forced to resolve the regional issues themselves.

[MountainLaurel]

22. I'd bring popcorn

And watch happily as their heads exploded.(Actually, I don't think I could handle that much bile to go there, but I would read someone's account.)

[0007]

37. Don't worry, there's enough freepers here to run with the information

[Roland99]

23. Looks like Bush and the other Saudis got him to start toeing the line!

[lovuian]

19. Isn't it nice to Now the Major Media Giant is supported by Saudis

this is pretty obvious that Michael Moore was right on!!!

[Old and In the Way]

21. kick

[Carni]

26. This is the SOB that holds most of the citibank stock

Unreal!

[Laelth]

28. Interesting that he makes this announcement now.

A hostile takeover of FOX would be very good for us. I wonder if it could still be done? The Saudis aren't the only people in the world with money (though they have a lot of it).

-Laelth

[musette_sf]

29. kick

:kick:

[hatrack]

30. Assholes of a feather fart together

Couldn't even theoretically be more fitting or more grotesque.

[Copperred]

33. Sick.....

Sick.... on many fronts...

The Saudies obviously are not protector of the American people or their own People.... they are owned by BushCO.... eos

[lil-petunia]

42. Cop, don't you think you had that reversed?

Surely the Sauds own the Bushites.

[ooglymoogly]

34. well he came through on 9/ll

for gorging george and owns big chunks of most of the corporations that put uberales in power, why then shouldn't he come to the aid of fraud news who is his enabling intrest. do you think for a minute he is going to relinquish any of his power to snow the murkin lemmings on the right? check into what this sucker owns. i think not

[Old and In the Way]

39. I hope AAR and our media start to broadcast this message.

The American people need to understand how the information they are getting is becoming more distorted to reflect the needs of the Saudi Royal family.

Sad to see how this great country has been sold down the oil spigot by Republican Big Oil interests. Is this what George HW Bush meant by the New World Order?

[villagechild]

40. offshore havens

Maybe we should bone up on the dirty laundry business, we could all be on the Forbes most wealthy list!

Rupert, the Austrailian . . . In 1999 The Economist reported that Murdoch had made £1.4 billion ($2.1 billion) in profits over the previous 11 years but had paid no net corporation tax. It further reported, after examining what was available of the accounts, that Murdoch would normally have expected to pay about $350m tax: enough to "build seven new hospitals, 50 secondary schools or 300 primary schools". The article explained that the corporation's complex structure, international scope and use of offshore havens allowed News Corporation to avoid tax. Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch


P.S. I LOVE Wikipedia, but don't know how to pronounce it!


Murdoch, Keith Rupert
Net Worth: $6.9 billion
Age: 73
Marital Status: married, 6 children, 2 divorces
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergraduate: Oxford University, Bachelor of Arts / Science
Graduate: Oxford University, Master of Arts

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Net Worth: $21.5 bil
Country of citizenship: Saudi Arabia
Residence: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Investments
Marital Status: married, 2 children
Menlo College, Bachelor of Arts / Science
Syracuse University, Master of Science

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

41. Well, isn't that spayshul? How princely of him.

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