WikiLeaks cables: Saudi princes throw parties boasting drink, drugs and sex

[CHIMO]

Source: guardian.co.uk

In what may prove a particularly incendiary cable, US diplomats describe a world of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll behind the official pieties of Saudi Arabian royalty.

Jeddah consulate officials described an underground Halloween party, thrown last year by a member of the royal family, which broke all the country's Islamic taboos. Liquor and prostitutes were present in abundance, according to leaked dispatches, behind the heavily-guarded villa gates.

The party was thrown by a wealthy prince from the large Al-Thunayan family. The diplomats said his identity should be kept secret. A US energy drinks company also put up some of the finance.

"Alcohol, though strictly prohibited by Saudi law and custom, was plentiful at the party's well-stocked bar. The hired Filipino bartenders served a cocktail punch using sadiqi, a locally-made moonshine," the cable said. "It was also learned through word-of-mouth that a number of the guests were in fact 'working girls', not uncommon for such parties."



Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/07/wikileaks-cables-saudi-princes-parties

[Hardrada]

1. Salami salami baloney!

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[slackmaster]

3. Faisal was a party animal when he lived in my town

He spent tens of thousands of dollars every week on flowers, booze, hookers, and blow.

[ixion]

4. This, from the country that likes to execute people for any number of things

Keep on letting the sunshine in, wikileaks! :applause:

[onehandle]

5. More fucking Duh! WikiLeaks is just gossip talk.

Saudi princes practice debauchery. Stop the fucking presses.

Nothing will come of any of this.

[Arctic Dave]

11. Unless the peons in Saudi decide to turn their degenerate masters into a falluja piñata.

[saigon68]

28. Falluja Pinata

How about

A ROSE PETAL PARADE FOR MERCENARIES?

http://yorick.infinitejest.org:81/1/img/card-rosepetal-parade-fallujah.jpg

[EFerrari]

18. Wikileaks is responsible for exposing corruption in finance, oil

and free speech violations all around the world.

That this cable seems like gossip to you is not their fault. Ask yourself why your government even classifies gossip.

[Matariki]

26. "Ask yourself why your government even classifies gossip"

Well put.

[midnight]

33. O Snap.

[marasinghe]

6. going by things seen & heard over 6 years working in dubai: this is par for the course.

go Wikileaks.

:beer:

[Kennah]

7. I'm shocked, shocked I say, shocked

[gaijinlaw]

19. That's just what I said...

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[Kennah]

47. Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship

[madrchsod]

8. it`s always nice to have confirmation on what everyone suspected

[Bobbieo]

9. With the No 2 Fox News stockhoder a Saudi prince, looks like thay pretty much rule the news, too

Google it!!!

[madrchsod]

13. they also bailed out disney corp!

[somone]

10. Shouldn't they have been beheaded

or something

[ProfessionalLeftist]

12. Sounds like Wall St. n/t

[DissedByBush]

14. Learned this a long time ago

When a Saudi told me he and his friends come to Florida every year to party hard.

[dballance]

17. Just Like the 9/11 Hijackers

Party hard in FL. I guess flying planes into buildings has the same power of absolution for them for their sins as s deathbed confession for a Xtian.

[Can of Whoop-ass]

32. Hmmm?

Looks like the Saudi's were competing with the Bush Twins!

[Meeker Morgan]

15. His next paying job?

Chopping off hands?

[iandhr]

16. Sounds like fun

I take with booze and the sex with out the drugs though.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

20. WikiLeaks sounds like TMZ for political junkies.

:rofl:

It's funny to see so many DUers fall all over this guy for useless gossip.

[onehandle]

25. That's exactly what it is.

Nothing of substance. Feelings will be hurt. Memos will be issued.

The same leaders and corporations will continue to rule.

[JDPriestly]

34. The political junky's equivalent of Hollywood gossip.

I confess to having read a few of the cables printed by the Guardian.

The controversy over secrecy and publishing what are known to be the secrets of a foreign country is the most intriguing part of it.

What does concern me is that we pay people a lot of money and provide them with an expensive system to report on this stuff. Some of it may be valuable. But a lot of it is not worth the cost of the electricity spent on transmitting it from one continent to the other. Well, then, in all fairness, I have to ask myself whether my posts on DU are worth the cost of the electricity.

[Carni]

21. This is so not news...

Well known on the net since 9-11 (or before)

[defendandprotect]

22. Patriarchy and male-supremacist religion ... just more of the same old crap....

[CountAllVotes]

23. shocked I tell you shocked!!!

:rofl:

:kick:

[StarsInHerHair]

24. "Princess Diary" written by a woman after the 1st Gulf War said all that in 92

it's already known........outside Saudi Arabia

[DeadEyeDyck]

27. as long as they wear condoms

[Name removed]

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[Rosa Luxemburg]

30. Well there's a surprise!

[OnyxCollie]

31. Al Qaeda's not gonna like that.

Better get Alwaleed bin Talal to ratchet up the US war propaganda on Fox News to cover the house of Saud's collective asses.

[Canuckistanian]

35. Gee, conservative religious fanatics are hypocrites?

Why, that's unheard of.

[bullwinkle428]

42. They're TOTALLY unlike Americans!

:evilgrin:

[provis99]

36. no surprise to me.

There were a couple of Saudi "princes" in my old department at Ole Miss. Supposedly they were working on PhDs, but mainly they seemed to be interested in drinking, smoking, and chasing blonde co-eds. Their wives never left their houses.

[undeterred]

37. Just the Bush cousins.

[daleo]

38. Religious hypocrites

Who could have guessed?

I wonder if any western intelligence agencies helped to procure the booze, drugs or busty hookers.

[Rex]

39. So now we know they are just like our Repuke leaders in Congress.

God fearing people, all bullshit and lies to keep the working poor in line. Religion is the opiate of teh masses.

[AlphaCentauri]

40. So that is the place where men are

reluctant to marry doctors and nurses, who have been exposed to male bodies.

[Amonester]

45. Hypocrisy is alive and well all over this dying planet.

Although it's not any new "news" (Hypocrisy has been a human flaw all Evolution Way).

"Both Genders Excel In It" (And Especially The Rich Ones)

[bullwinkle428]

41. In other breaking news, Pope found to be Catholic, and bears

were discovered shitting in the woods!

[davidinalameda]

43. I can sleep better knowing this is now public

[Catherina]

44. Great. The House of Saud may soon come tumbling down. Rec'd

No wonder they threatened to vigorously punish anyone caught propagating wikileaks in Saudi.

[tanyev]

46. It's good to be the king.