Prince Turki bin Faisal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud (born February 15, 1945) of Saudi Arabia is a son of Faisal of Saudi Arabia. February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... King Faisal King Faysal bin Abdelaziz Al Saud (1906—March 25, 1975) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975. ...
From 1977 through 2001 Turki was head of Saudi Arabia's Department of General Intelligence. He abruptly resigned late in August, 2001, and was replaced by his uncle, Prince Nawaf Bin Abdul Aziz. 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
On some accounts, Prince Turki is affiliated with the fundamentalist and anti-American wing of the royal family, a wing with sympathies to Osama bin Laden. Turki was dismissed as chief of Saudi intelligence one month before the September 11, 2001 attacks. Anti-American sentiment is a hostility towards or disapproval of the government, culture, history, and/or people of the United States of America. ... Osama bin Laden UsÄmah bin Muhammad bin `Awad bin LÄdin (born July 30 or March 10, 1957) (Arabic: ), commonly known as Osama bin Laden (Arabic: ), is usually considered to be the figurehead of al-Qaeda, a Sunni Islamist terrorist network that has been involved in attacks against civilians... The September 11, 2001, attacks were a series of coordinated attacks carried out in the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. ...
Faisalbin Abdelaziz Al Saud (1906âMarch 25, 1975) (Arabic: ÙÙص٠ب٠عبداÙعزÙز آ٠سعÙد) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975.
TurkibinFaisal al Saud is the son of the former King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, and a grandson of Saudi Arabias founder Abdul Aziz.
Faisal was born in Riyadh, the fourth son of Ibn Saud.
Prince TurkibinFaisal al Saud (born February 15, 1945) is the former Saudi Head of Intelligence, Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ireland and as of July 2005, the Saudi ambassador to the United States.
He was resigned due to his inability to capture bin Laden, or deliver him into a trap set by the U.S., and he was replaced by his uncle Prince Nawaf Bin Abdul Aziz.
Some sources say that he helped finance bin Laden's followers who in turn agreed not to attack or destabilise Saudi Arabia; other theories state that he was secretly negotiating with Mullah Mohammad Omar, leader of the Afghani Taliban, to have bin Laden turned over.
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