Prince Bandar Bin Sultan has been in the news lately. He is the son of Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz who occupied the ministry of defence between 1962 and 2005. He was trained as a pilot at British Air force College, Cranewell, and received an M.A. degree from John Hopkins University. He served as Saudi Ambassador to Washington from1983 to 2005. He is currently occupying the post of National Security Advisor. He is famous for both his huge kickbacks from defence contracts signed by his father and for his inside dealings with successive US governments. His first real money came in 1978 from McDonald Douglas selling F15s to Saudi Arabia. He is currently been accused of cashing the equivalent of four billion Dollars from BAE System for the sale of military equipment and tornado aircrafts which was signed in 1983 while he was Ambassador to Washington.
Politically, Prince Bandar falls on the right of George Bushes. Because of his very close business dealings with the Bushes, G.W gave him the nickname of Bandar Bush.
In August 2002, George Bush told Bandar of his plan to attack Iraq before informing his foreign minister Colin Powell. Currently, he is lobbying the Saudi Royal family and American politicians on the need to attack Iran.
The Question is why the Saudi Government is not interested in investigating the ‘un-ethical’ behaviour of its top diplomat? The answer is clear, all Saudi Princes are involved in such dealings, directly or indirectly making billionaires out of people like Adnan Khoshaggi, Prince Walid Bin Talal, Rafiq Al-Hariri or Mohammed Al-Fayed.
The corrupt and autocratic pro-American Saudi Royal family is rotten to its bone marrow.
The best example of a corrupt leadership that betrays its country and people is that of Egyptian Hosni Mubarak, the laughing cow. He has been on the CIA payroll for over 25 years inheriting Anwar Sadat's salary and allowances. I do agree, the Americans need corrupt people to serve their interests. In Iraq, corruption reached its peak under US occupation.
Adnan Darwash, Iraq Occupation Times
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