The Monarch Who Declared His Own Revolution

[antonborisov]

Очень хорошая статья из Newsweek, о Короле Саудовской Аравии Абдалле, (Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz al-Saud).

К сожалению, — на английском.

В статье, как это принято писать в LJ, — “много букв”, но мне статья понравилась.

As a grown man, Abdullah witnessed the oil boom and the corrosive effects of spectacular greed—and more fanaticism, more insurrection, including the bloody siege of the Great Mosque in Mecca in 1979. There were dangerous intrigues within the family, too. When Abdel Aziz died in 1953, the succession passed to his son Saud, who was deposed in 1964 by his half-brother Faisal, who was murdered years later by a nephew. When Fahd took the crown in 1982, Abdullah became crown prince, and after Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995, he became acting king.

Ссылка — здесь.

Запись оттранслирована из моего журнала Комментировать можно здесь или по ссылке http://www.a-borisov.com/2009/03/28/the-monarch-who-declared-his-own-revolution/

Comments

[alatoo.livejournal.com]

Спасибо за ссылку. Очень интересная статья.