FRONTLINE: "House of Saud" & on-line discussion.

Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 17:46:22 GMT
From: "FRONTLINE Bulletin" <lists@frontline.org>
Subject: FRONTLINE - House of Saud, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005 at 9.00 pm (wgbh/channel 2) on PBS


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- This Week: "House of Saud" (120 min.),
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005 at 9.00 pm (wgbh/channel 2) on PBS
- Inside FRONTLINE: "Restless Youth"
- Live Discussion: Chat with producer Martin Smith this Wed. at 11 am
ET

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If you've been a regular follower of FRONTLINE over the years, you know that producer Martin Smith has reported several times on one of
America's most important allies, the troubled nation of Saudi Arabia.
Late last year he returned there, and in this week's program, "House of Saud," he presents a fascinating look at a nation where tradition and modernity are in violent collision.

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We hope you will be able to watch "House of Saud"
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005 at 9.00 pm (wgbh/channel 2) on PBS and
after the broadcast visit our web site where you'll be able to read
analysis on the prospects for reform in the kingdom, and explore
FRONTLINE's in-depth interviews with members of the Al Saud royal
family, Saudi officials, reformers and religious leaders. Plus, take
the opportunity to share your opinion on this report at
http://www.pbs.org/frontline/shows/saud/

Louis Wiley
Executive Editor

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+ Live Online Discussion on Washingtonpost.com ...

Producer Martin Smith will be online this Wednesday, Feb. 9 at
11 am ET, to discuss "House of Saud."

For details, see:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57224-2005Feb2.html

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The Bush-Saudi Connection

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Jihad

The Wahhabi Taliban in Afghanistan had the blessings of the Saudi royal family and of The Big Three--the bin Laden family, the al Ahmoudi family, and the Mahfouz family--the richest clans in that medieval kingdom. (Khalid bin Mahfouz is bin Laden’s brother-in-law, according to the C.I.A.). The desert oligarchs profited from world-wide investments as well as sleazy banking schemes such as the infamous Bank of Credit and Commerce International.

Salem bin Laden, Osama’s brother, has conducted all his American affairs through James Bath, a Houston crony of the Bush family. Bath’s former business partner Bill White testified in court that Bath had been a liaison for the C.I.A. In 1979 Bath invested $50,000 in Arbusto, George W. Bush’s first business venture. Rumor had it that Bath was acting as Salem bin Laden’s representative. "In conflicting statements, Bush at first denied ever knowing Bath, then acknowledged his stake in Arbusto and that he was aware Bath represented Saudi interests." (4)

In addition to doing aviation business with Saudi sheiks, Bath was part owner of a Houston bank whose chief stockholder was Ghaith Pharaon, who represented the Bank of Commerce and Credit International (BCCI), a criminal global bank with branches in 73 countries. BCCI proceeded to defraud depositors of $10 billion during the ‘80s, while providing a money laundry conduit for the Medellin drug cartel, Asia’s major heroin cartel, Manuel Noriega, Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and Islamist terrorist organizations worldwide. (5)

Big Three wheeler-dealer Khalid bin Mahfouz, one of the largest stockholders in the criminal bank, was indicted when the massive BCCI banking scandal blew apart in the early 1990s. The Saudi royal family placed him under house arrest after discovering that Mahfouz had used the royal bank to channel millions of dollars through fake charities into bin Laden’s organizations, but Mahfouz was not so much punished as inconvenienced. (6)

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http://www.new-enlightenment.com/BushSaud.htm

Petrodollars made traitors like Poppy very rich and prosperous.

The hypocrisy of the bush family knows no limit. They have had this little problem with acts of treason since prescott and herbert walker.

Even the obscure bush played a lead role in the S & L scandal where the taxpayer got screwed for over $40 Billion, and while ordinary people are in jail today for bouncing a check for over $100 bucks just to feed their family. We have entered another era of "religious morality" justifying crime.

With religion conquered, the truth will never get out at the level it should. What little seeps out will be ignored. Once taught to "believe on faith alone", many folks stop thinking and simply believe what "Gods folk" tell them to.

Faith alone seems to mean "no evidence necessary" and also "believe the lie in spite of any contrary proof"

I will do my part though; I will put this in my e-mail today.

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Check your local listings.

It was a very good history of Saudi Arabia, and showed me what a really screwed up mess that country has been throughout the 20th century.