TURKI AL-FAISAL IS ON HIS OWN. THE SAUDI KING RIPS INTO HAMAS LEADERS

(For background please refer to the previous post.)

Was Turki al-Faisal's statement (the last post) choreographed by, say, Saudi intelligence, or was Turki veering off the "let's-please-Israel-and-Bush" consensus within the Saudi ruling elite, allied to Israel and funding its lobby in Washington, D.C.?

King Abdallah, hosting an Islamic delegation on a tour to express its concern about Gaza, ripped into the Hamas leaders who, we're told he said, "cannot be trusted and aren't qualified to hold on to the confidence [of the public] [never mind that they won a democratic election -- Aha! so that's what the King is concerned about, silly me] and to behave responsibly." (My translation from Arabic; my source: Al-Quds al-Arabi, Jan.8, 2009.)