The king of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Aziz bin Saud, is almost 90 years old.
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Western governments and the al-Saud family have been in an awkward embrace since the 1930s.
Osama bin Laden's primary goal is to overthrow the ruling Al Saud family of Saudi Arabia.
Osama bin Laden's primary goal is to overthrow the ruling al-Saud family of Saudi Arabia.
The al-Saud believe if they oppose them, it will undermine their own legitimacy as rulers.
Perhaps, more pragmatically, he calculated that Wahhabism and the Saud family would sink or swim together.
In 1964, King Saud of Saudi Arabia was deposed and replaced by Prince Faisal.
The Wahhabi Islamic establishment that supported the House of Saud is increasingly fractious and is losing credibility.
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Threatened by Iraq, the house of Saud tilted westward during the Gulf war and kept exports flowing.
The al-Saud family is vulnerable to intense internal pressure, especially from the ulema, or senior Muslim clerics.
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Saud Al Faisal, said the Syrian regime is pushing for a sectarian crisis.
It accuses eight Islamic charities, as well as members of the house of Saud, of financing al-Qaeda.
The House of Saud, like other Muslim governments, fostered this sense of siege to boost its own popularity.
There are 7, 000 princes in the Saud royal family, the result of multiple wives and lots of progeny.
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Unfortunately for them, time moves a lot faster now than it did when Ibn Saud ruled the roost.
Were the House of Saud to fail, the only candidates ready to step up would be the Islamists.
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The Al Saud family is vulnerable to intense internal pressure, especially from the ulema, or senior Muslim clerics.
The man who founded the kingdom in 1932, King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, fostered at least 45 sons.
The U.S. and the Al Saud family have been in an awkward embrace since the 1930s, when Harry St.
It is not just the Bush administration's closeness to the House of Saud (or to Israel) that raises eyebrows.
But the first step - fixing our dysfunctional relationship with the House of Saud - will be the hardest.
"The situation is now being brought under control, " police chief Saud Mirza said.
Disillusionment with the ruling al-Saud family has inspired even more strongly xenophobic trends.
If the House of Saud falls, Osama bin Laden would get the bombs.
Mr Kechichian stresses the House of Saud's roots in a conservative, Islamic, tribal society but he does not disguise its difficulties.
Toppling the House of Saud would be a major victory for al Qaida, simply because of the instability that would ensue.
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Arab leaders as diverse as Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal have decried South Sudan's independence.
However, the police chief involved, Aziz Saud, told CNN that he suggested an autopsy be done -- but that Bhutto's husband objected.
Like it or not, the U.S. may be betting big on the survival of the house of Saud for decades to come.
"Most Saudi ladies here need encouragement - there are lots of limitations, " says Shahad Al Saud, one of the interns at Glowork.
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