The last nation of the middle east to see total chaos will likely see it now. The King does not leave behind a clear line of succession. The movie Syriana was written describing just such an event. Saudi Arabia is the wealthiest and most powerful of all middle east nations not named Israel. They have the most advanced American and Russian weapons systems, and an extremist majority among the people. This could be the trigger point for all sorts of war and chaos in the middle east.
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The Saudi king, who was taken to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Riyadh hospital following his surgery, has gone into a coma and has been living with the help of a ventilator over the past two days, a Saudi journalist at the London-based Asharq Alawsat said.
The Saudi king’s surgery aimed at correcting “a ligamentary slackening in the upper back” began on Saturday November 18 and ended at dawn on Sunday November 19.
The 89-year-old king’s health has declined over the past few years, and he has been hospitalized several times.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz looks on during an summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Mecca on August 14, 2012.
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has slipped into a coma and is clinically dead nearly a week after a 14-hour-long back surgery in a hospital in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, a report says.
The Saudi king, who was taken to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Riyadh hospital following his surgery, has gone into a coma and has been living with the help of a ventilator over the past two days, a Saudi journalist at the London-based Asharq Alawsat said.
According to medics of the hospital, the king’s basic organs, particularly his heart, lungs and kidneys do not function and the doctors have been forced to use electric shocks to stimulate his cardiac muscles several times.
The Saudi king’s surgery aimed at correcting “a ligamentary slackening in the upper back” began on Saturday November 18 and ended at dawn on Sunday November 19.
The 89-year-old king’s health has declined over the past few years, and he has been hospitalized several times.