Turki bin Faisal al-Saud

Turki bin Faisal al-Saud
Born	15 February 1945 Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Religion	Islam
Spouse	Nouf bint Fahd bin Khalid Al Saud
Member of	House of Saud, Le Cercle, Munich Security Conference/Advisory Council
A former director general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency, who resigned suddenly, just 10 days before the 9/11 attacks.  Saudi Arabia/Ambassador to the United States In office July 2005 - 11 December 2006 Resigned unexpectedly.  Saudi Arabia/Ambassador to the UK In office January 2003 - March 2003 The end date is uncertain.  Director of Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah In office 1977 - 1 September 2001 Resigned unexpectedly having had his term extended on 24 May 2001 for 4 more years, he was replaced by his uncle who had "no background in intelligence whatsoever".

Background

Prince Turki bin Faisal attended the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, graduating in the class of 1968 alongside future U.S. President Bill Clinton.

9/11 Attacks

On 5 November 2011, Turki asserted on Saudi TV that Ossama bin Laden was responsible for the 9/11 Attacks, stating that "The religious edicts issued by [bin Laden] are the main evidence because they call for attacking American soldiers and civilians. Only those people devoid of feelings will still ask for evidence."

 

A Quote by Turki bin Faisal al-Saud

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Safari Club

“In 1976, after the Watergate matters took place here, your intelligence community was literally tied up by Congress. It could not do anything. It could not send spies, it could not write reports, and it could not pay money. In order to compensate for that, a group of countries got together in the hope of fighting Communism and established what was called the Safari Club. The Safari Club included France, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Iran.”

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Le Cercle/1979 (Wildbad Kreuth)	1979	1979	Germany Hanns Seidel Foundation Bavaria	First half of 1979
Le Cercle/2005 (Paris)	16 June 2005	19 June 2005	France Paris	Exposed 2 days later by the Saudi Embassy in London
Munich Security Conference/2010	5 February 2010	7 February 2010	Germany Munich Bavaria	An anti-war demonstration outside described it as "Nothing more than a media-effectively staged war propaganda event, which this year had the purpose of justifying the NATO troop increase in Afghanistan and glorifying the continuation of the war as a contribution to peace and stability."
Munich Security Conference/2013	1 February 2013	3 February 2013	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 49th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2019	15 February 2019	17 February 2019	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events."
Munich Security Conference/2022	18 February 2022	20 February 2022	Germany Munich Bavaria	Slightly less than 1/3 of the 664 of the participants have pages here
Munich Security Conference/2023	17 February 2023	19 February 2023	Germany Munich Bavaria	Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists. The real decisions are made by deep politicians behind the scenes, elsewhere.
Munich Security Conference/2024	16 February 2024	18 February 2024	Germany Munich Bavaria	Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects
WEF/Annual Meeting/2006	25 January 2006	29 January 2006	Switzerland	Both former US president Bill Clinton and Bill Gates pushed for public-private partnerships. Only a few of the over 2000 participants are known.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2011	26 January 2011	30 January 2011	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013	23 January 2013	27 January 2013	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2014	22 January 2014	25 January 2014	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2015	21 January 2015	24 January 2015	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Attended by a lot of people. This page lists only the 261 "Public Figures".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2016	20 January 2016	23 January 2016	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017	17 January 2017	20 January 2017	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."

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