Wait one minute....Bandar got FIRED????? Yaaaayyyyy!! - Bet it was over the Sochi Threat being so public!! ------------------------------ Mohamed bin Nayef, the current interior minister, has taken over the security brief from Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the Saudi intelligence chief, who was part of the Bin Zayed axis. When western and arab intelligence services gathered for a two-day strategy meeting in Washington recently, it was Prince Nayef who turned up to represent the kingdom, not Bandar. Increasingly Bandars handling of the rebels in Syria was seen as shaky, and that file has now also been taken from him. Bandars political briefs have now been handed to the foreign minister, and Bandar has become a prince without portfolio. Bandars falling star leaves Bin Zayed vulnerable to criticism from other emirs in the UAE, like Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the emir of Dubai. Unlike Abu Dhabi, the biggest emirate, Dubais wealth is built on commerce and its international image - not on oil. Dubai stands to lose if Bin Zayeds foreign adventures in Egypt, Libya and also Yemen go sour. Bin Zayeds funding of the French intervention in Mali has also attracted criticism. The rivalries not only between Gulf states, but within them too, mean that the current status quo in the Middle East is destined to be short-lived. https://middleeastmonitor/articles/middle-east/9917-the-coup-that-wasnt
Posted on: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:37:49 +0000
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