Saudi Prince remains Free on Drug Smuggling Charges(2 tons of coke from colombia)

miamimike says on Apr 1, 2005, 21:55:

Cont., part 2 of above article "I think that we got what we could get out of the Saudi Arabian government at this time," Raffanello said, though he added that it was not enough, given what he called the prince's key role in the plot.



"He is the key co-conspirator," Raffanello said. "He's the straw that stirs the drink. He made it happen. No plane, no dope. Dope stays in Colombia."




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The prince, for his part, has declared his innocence in a Saudi newspaper, saying that he was bringing in plastic piping, not cocaine. The prince, however, has a prior drug charge, having been indicted in Mississippi on narcotics charges in 1984.







Authorities say the value of the smuggled cocaine was $36 million and that some of the drug money was moved through a Swiss bank in Geneva that was owned by the prince himself.






Police in France say that the Saudi interior minister, Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz, even threatened to cancel a $6 billion contract with a French company over the case. The details of the alleged threat were sent in a diplomatic cable from the French ambassador in Riyadh.



A former French narcotics officer, Fabrice Monti, said this case has become the center of a diplomatic incident. "The Saudi government acted as one to set up a protective barrier between the prince and French justice and threatened to not sign a very important and lucrative contract in the works for a very long time," he said.



Raffanello said that in all his years, he's never seen a case like this before. "We've been doing dope investigations for years. We don't do many princes," he said. "It was kind of a shocker."

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utopiacowboy says on Apr 3, 2005, 22:24:

That's a lot of blow even for a prince. Meanwhile it's just what you'd expect from Saudi Arabia.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

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Miguel says on Apr 4, 2005, 09:42:

And another thing With the grand alliance between the Bush clan and the Saudis, don't hold your breath waiting for the Principe to become available for questioning during W's reign.

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elmodefoque says on Apr 4, 2005, 11:54:

you mean bush is not gonna ask DEA to parade (handcuffed sourrounded by swat a la Hanibel Lecter) his royal highness just like he does with colombian citizens.

I'll get there, when I get there!

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Hunter says on Apr 4, 2005, 16:10:

Lethal Weapon 2 Hunter

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stevens says on Apr 8, 2005, 21:35:

And I thought the Saudis were too lazy to get working on what they're going to do for money when the oil party ends.
BTW, is Bin Laden involved in the drug trade?

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badwhitecorvette says on Apr 12, 2005, 18:44:

I have a few friends that work for the a couple of high profile Saudi princes. I've been told that the Saudis take in suitcases (of money) into the meeting with high profile American officials and come out with nothing in hand.

The Saudi Royal family has bought high places in the Bush agenda. The Bush family does so much business with them. Do you know that they paid millions of dollars to run anti Kerry ads on TV. They were so worried that Bush might not win. Or the Bushes own half of the Saudi Cell phone company. Not to mention supper cheap and free oil as kick backs.

Forget the Saudi Royal family even the Bin Ladins have done business with the Bushes. We don't hear much of that Osama guy anymore.


Don't think that the US pays the $57 a barrel for oil that is on the stock market. That price is only for the rest of the world. There is a war out there and the US is fighting it with oil. They have Saudia Arabia in hand with the worlds most known oil reserves. And now the have Iraq with the worlds second known oil reserves (and experts say there is much more oil to be found in Iraq).

Now with that do you think the US really cares about $36 million worth of Blow a Saudi prince has. Hell there are DEA agents that say that CIA agents are smuggling drugs into the United States. Hell even captured drug smugglers said they were given green lights by the CIA.
Do you remember Manuel Noriega, he was on the CIA payroll up to the day he was arrested on drug charges. Do you think drugs had anything to do with that or was it because they wanted to negotiate with someone else about the Panama Canal and the US base there.

Drugs are a big business in the World and the chain doesn't start with the big drug bosses that we see on TV or in the Wanted posters.

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miamimike says on Apr 30, 2005, 22:12:

Manuel Noriga had outlived his usefulness so.. he was given up. Simply, we, the US, had no more use for him. He was in FDC(federal prison-miami) a buddy of mine was a Physician's Assistant who worked there and had to visit Noriega daily on his shift. Noriega got the Golden Glove treatment while there--had a studio apartment type cell with TV(cable) computer, stove fridge ect. Very Nice.While we have no more use for him we also do not want to mistreat him to the point where he may "Talk" about his life and connections(US) during the 1980s. He probably could tell some interesting,though embarrassing,tales for some members of our government.

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Miguel says on Apr 30, 2005, 22:56:

Jajaja I knew W was holding hands with that Saudi for a reason!

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