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...term blessing for Sadat, in a way: the Islamic world was so concerned with mourning the King that there was little criticism of Egypt from less moderate Arab leaders who opposed the Kissinger talks all along. Sadat, nevertheless, stressed Egypt's support of Arab unity by conferring in Riyadh with Palestine Liberation Organization Leader Yasser Arafat after King Faisal's funeral. At Geneva, Egypt and Syria are expected to carry out the will of the Arab summit at Rabat last October by jointly demanding that the P.L.O. be seated instead of Jordan. The Soviets will automatically go along...
...birth of the Prophet Mohammed, and thus an Islamic holiday, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia had a busy schedule. At 10 o'clock last Tuesday morning, he had an audience with the Oil Minister of neighboring Kuwait, Abdel Muttaleb al Kazimi, at the royal palace in Riyadh. Outside the King's office, Kazimi was greeted by Prince Faisal ibn Musaed, 26, a nephew of the King's and one of the 3,000-odd princes of the House of Saud. While Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister, Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani, briefed the King on the audience...
...shot the King twice in the head. He fired a third time, missed and threw the gun away. Faisal crumpled to the floor. Bodyguards wielding gold swords and submachine guns seized the prince. The King was rushed to a nearby hospital; shortly after noon an announcer on Radio Riyadh, his voice sobbing with emotion, said that Faisal was dead. Soon after, Radio Riyadh reported that the royal family had chosen Crown Prince Khalid ibn Abdul Aziz to succeed his brother and that Interior Minister Prince Fahd had been named Crown Prince (see box following page...
...still in business," said Kissinger as his Air Force jet soared between Cairo and Damascus in a hectic shuttle that also included a second visit to Jerusalem and brief meetings with King Hussein in Jordan and with King Faisal of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. At week's end, Kissinger confirmed that he would indeed return to the area for another round of talks...
Faisal, tall and dour, received the party in a chandeliered reception room of his palace at Riyadh. Instead of fielding questions, the King, in the tradition of Saudi Arabia's absolute monarchy, gave a tour d'horizon. Excerpts...