Prince warns S. Arabia of apocalypse

Prince warns S. Arabia of apocalypse
Wed Jun 9, 2010 9:2AM
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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (R) meets US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 
Riyadh, February 15, 2010.
Saudi  Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has warned the country's royal  
family to step down and flee before a military coup or a popular  uprising 
overthrows the kingdom. 


In a letter published by Wagze news agency on Tuesday, the  Cairo-based prince 
warned Saudi Arabia's ruling family of a fate similar  to that of Iraq's 
executed dictator Saddam Hussein and the ousted  Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza 
Pahlavi, calling on them to escape before  people "cut off our heads in 
streets." 


He warned that the Saudi royal family is no longer able to "impose"  itself on 
people, arguing that deviations in carrying out the religious  concepts that 
make up the basis of the Saudi government "have gotten out  of our hands," so 
that the opposition views our acts as "interfering in  people's private life and 
restricting their liberties." 


"If we are wise, we must leave this country to its people, whose  dislike for us 
is increasing," said Prince Turki, advising Saudi  officials to escape with 
their families. 


"Do it today before tomorrow as long as the money we have is enough  for us to 
live anywhere in the world; from Switzerland to Canada and  Australia…we should 
not return as long as we are able to get out safely,  we must take our families 
quickly and pull out," he urged. 


"Do not fool yourself by relying on the United States or Britain or  Israel, 
because they will  not survive the loss; the only door open is  now the exit 
door of no return. Let us go before it closes." 


He finally warned against a military coup against the ruling family,  saying "no 
one will attack us from outside but our armed forces will  attack us." 


Prince Turki is a member of the liberal Free Princes movement  founded in the 
1950s amid tensions between King Faisal and his brother  King Saud, requesting 
the Saudi authorities to implement political  reforms and set out a 
constitution. 


The late King Faisal expelled members of the civil rights group to Egypt but 
later on pardoned them. 


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