Turki bin Faisal al Saud
House of Saud
Turki bin Faisal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud

Prince Turki bin Faisal 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 is a son of the late King Faisal and a nephew of the late King Fahd. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The House of Saud is the royal family of Saudi Arabia. ... `Abd al-`Azīz as-Sa`ūd ( 1880 - November 9, 1953) (Arabic:عبدالعزيز آل سعود) was the first monarch 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). ... Faisal bin Abdelaziz Al Saud (1906—March 25, 1975) (Arabic: فيصل بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975. ... Fahd bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud (Arabic: ) (b. ...

Turki studied at Georgetown, Princeton, and Cambridge. There are numerous places around the world named Georgetown. ... For other Princetons, see Princeton. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ...

A member of the Saudi Royal Family, Turki held the position of Chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service for 25 years, from 1977 until shortly before the Sept 11th Attacks. 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. He had met with bin Laden several times during the 1980s hoping to convince him to lead an army in Afghanistan against the Soviets. 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated attacks carried out against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. ... Osama bin Laden Usāmah bin Muhammad bin `Awad bin Lādin (born March 10, 1957) (Arabic: ), commonly known as Osama bin Laden, or Usama 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... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... State motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (transliteration: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Russian: Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None; Russian (de facto) Capital Moscow Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km²  ?% Population  - Total  - Density 3rd before collapse 293,047,571 (July 1991) 13. ...

After Saudi Arabia backed the first Gulf War, bin Laden became a vocal opponent and enemy of the Royal Family, who revoked his Saudi citizenship in 1994. From this point on it became unclear of Turki's relationship with bin Laden. 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. Yet another theory holds that Turki was simply a victim of a complex power struggle that pitted Prince Nayef against the Crown Prince Abdullah. C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The 1991 Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations mandated by the United Nations and led by the United States. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... One of the only known photographs of Omar (date unknown) Mullah Mohammed Omar (ملا محمد عمر; born 1959) is the reclusive leader of the Taliban of Afghanistan and was Afghanistans de facto Head of State from 1996 to 2001. ... The Taliban (Pashtun and Persian: طالبان; students), also transliterated as Taleban, is an Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement which ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, despite having diplomatic recognition from only three countries: the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. ... Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz is one of the six surviving members of the Sudairi Seven, all sons of Ibn Saud and Hussa bint Ahmad Al Sudairi, making him one of the most powerful members of the ruling family of Saudi Arabia, the House of Saud. ... Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (Arabic: عبد الله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) (born 1924) became the King of Saudi Arabia on August 1, 2005. ...

In 2002, Turki was named ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland. Since becoming ambassador he has kept a relatively low profile while remaining seemingly open with the media. In July 2005 it was announced that he would succeed Bandar bin Sultan as Saudi ambassador to the United States. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... His Royal Highness, Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud (Arabic: صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير بندر بن سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود) (born March 2, 1949) is a highly influential Saudi politician and was Saudi ambassador to the United States from 1983 to 2005. ...

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• "No matter how exalted the aims of the U.S. in the [Iraq] war, in the final analysis it was a colonial war very similar to the wars conducted by the ex-colonial powers when they went out to conquer the rest of the world."

External links

• Profile: Prince Turki al-Faisal from BBC News
• Information from Global Security
• Saudis' James Bond and George Smiley by Arnaud de Borchgrave