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|description=[[Georgetown]] alumnus who resigned suddenly as [[ director general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency]] 10 days before the [[9/11 attacks]].
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}}'''Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saud'''
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==Background==
 
==Background==
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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]].<ref name=wright>[[Lawrence Wright|Wright, Lawrence]], ''The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11'', Knopf, August 2006</ref>
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Prince Turki bin Faisal attended the [[Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service|Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University]], graduating in the class of 1968 alongside future [[U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]].<ref name=wright>[[Lawrence Wright|Wright, Lawrence]], ''The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11'', Knopf, August 2006</ref>
  
 
==9/11 Attacks==
 
==9/11 Attacks==

Latest revision as of 13:29, 9 September 2024

Person.png Turki bin Faisal al-Saud  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(deep state operative, spook)
Turki bin Faisal al-Saud.jpg
Born15 February 1945
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
NationalitySaudi Arabian
Alma materEdmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
ReligionIslam
SpouseNouf bint Fahd bin Khalid Al Saud
Member ofHouse of Saud, Le Cercle, Munich Security Conference/Advisory Council
Georgetown alumnus who resigned suddenly as director general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency 10 days before the 9/11 attacks.

Employment.png Saudi Arabia/Ambassador to the United States

In office
July 2005 - 11 December 2006
Resigned unexpectedly.

Employment.png Saudi Arabia/Ambassador to the UK

In office
January 2003 - March 2003
The end date is uncertain.[1]

Employment.png 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".

Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saud

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.[2]

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

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Le Cercle/1979 (Wildbad Kreuth)19791979Germany
Hanns Seidel Foundation
Bavaria		First half of 1979
Le Cercle/2005 (Paris)16 June 200519 June 2005France
Paris		Exposed 2 days later by the Saudi Embassy in London
Munich Security Conference/20105 February 20107 February 2010Germany
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/20131 February 20133 February 2013Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 49th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201915 February 201917 February 2019Germany
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/202218 February 202220 February 2022Germany
Munich
Bavaria		Slightly less than 1/3 of the 664 of the participants have pages here
Munich Security Conference/202317 February 202319 February 2023Germany
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/202416 February 202418 February 2024Germany
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/200625 January 200629 January 2006SwitzerlandBoth 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/201126 January 201130 January 2011World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201323 January 201327 January 2013World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201422 January 201425 January 2014World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201521 January 201524 January 2015World Economic Forum
Switzerland		Attended by a lot of people. This page lists only the 261 "Public Figures".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201620 January 201623 January 2016World 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/201717 January 201720 January 2017World 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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References

  1. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4700589.stm
  2. ↑ Wright, Lawrence, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, Knopf, August 2006
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