Monday, May 03, 2004
Full text. To give you a flavor of the official Arabic press. This is a royal statement from Saudi Arabia yesterday: "His royal highness Prince Sultan bin `Abdul-`Aziz, 2nd deputy prime minister and minister of defense and aviation and general inspector (kluso?), May God preserve him and care for him, went through a surgical operation to remove a small (I do not know how to translate Huwaysilah--let us call it a little potato) from his stomach in King Fahd Hospital in Jedda. The medical team reported that the operation was crowned with success, may thanks and gratitude be directed toward Allah. We ask Allah to preserve his royal highness the 2nd deputy and to grant him the gift of health and prosperity, and that He (may his name be elevated and praised) provide him with help and success." This was from the first page of Al-Hayat. When the princes sneeze, the event is covered live on Saudi TV.