Saudi Crown Prince Dies Abroad After Illness

A state funeral is planned for Tuesday in Riyadh for crown prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, who died in New York at the age of 80 after an unspecified illness, the official Saudi Press Agency said.

Nayef, 78, has earned U.S. praise for unleashing the internal security forces against suspected Islamic extremist cells in Saudi Arabia, which was home to 15 of 19 of the Sept. 11 hijackers. Yet he brought blistering rebukes in the West for a 2002 interview that quoted him as saying that "Zionists" — a reference to Jews — benefited from the 9-11 attacks because it turned world opinion against Islam and Arabs.

...King Abdullah....

Nayef_also_has expressed displeasure at some of Abdullah's moves for more openness, saying in 2009 that he saw no need for women to vote or participate in politics. It's a view shared by many Saudi clerics, who follow a strict brand of Islam known as Wahhabism. Their support gives the Saudi monarchy the legitimacy to rule over a nation holding Islam's holiest sites. After Sultan fell ill two years ago, Nayef was named second deputy prime minister, traditionally the post right behind the crown prince. For the first time, however, the mechanism of picking the next No. 2 in the royal succession is not entirely clear. Traditionally, the king names his successor. But this time it is possible that Abdullah will put the decision to the Allegiance Council, a 33-member body composed of his brothers and cousins. Abdullah created the council as part of his reforms and gave it a mandate to choose the heir. Abdullah formed the council in order to modernize the process and give a wider voice. When it was created, it was decided that the council would choose the heir for the first time when Sultan rose to the throne, and his crown prince would need to be named. But it was not specified whether it would be used if Sultan died before the king.

Steve Jobs aborts himself!

Imagine what would of happened to computing if Steve had been aborted? Sadly one gets the idea that the progressive minded Steve who builds his computers in China would of aborted himself. The irony is that his Syrian blood does not appear to have a fruitful future. Apple Computers and Chemical weapons... what a combination!

Steve Jobs’s biological father, Abdulfattah John Jandali, told the New York Post last week that he’s never met his son. "I'd be lying if I said it doesn't sadden me to have not been part of my son's incredible journey," Jandali said. Now the vice president of a casino in Reno, Jandali said his ex-wife moved away and put their son up for adoption after her father did not approve of her marrying a Syrian. (Later she would come back and marry Jandali.) Jandali says he has emailed Jobs but never called. "This might sound strange, though, but I am not prepared, even if either of us was on our deathbeds, to pick up the phone to call him,” he said. “Steve will have to do that, as the Syrian pride in me does not want him ever to think I am after his fortune.”

Ed Koch, former New York City mayor, says he has a recipe for dividing Jerusalem

Ed Koch, the former New York City mayor, has become the public face and voice of increasingly vocal Jewish voters in the US. The voters are worried about how developments in the Middle East might affect Israel, and not afraid to flex their political muscle to push their agenda. Koch was so effective in his quest to push for a more supportive US policy towards Israel, that earlier this summer he persuaded fellow Jewish Democrats to actually vote against a New York City Congressional Democratic candidate and vote Republican instead, in order to send the White House a message. In a candid interview, Koch says Barack Obama, the US president, was wrong to turn against Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's former president, and that he has not been "pro-Israel" enough. He also says he has a recipe for dividing Jerusalem between Palestinians and Jews:

"I know how it can be done. It's easy. You want me to tell you?" says the former mayor of New York City.  Let's divide Koch into 2 slices:

3 Years in Jail in Post Arab Spring for Insulting the Prophet

Per the Washington Post:

Egypt’s state media says a Cairo court has sentenced a man to three years in prison for postings on Facebook deemed to be inciting sectarianism and in contempt of Islam.
The MENA state news agency said Saturday a the misdemeanor court found Ayman Mansour had intentionally mocked Islam and used “outrageous and scurrilous” language in describing the religion’s holy book, the Quran, and its prophet and believers.

Stop Islam. Piss Be Upon Him