Now I understand. A few days ago I was wondering what right-wing Lebanese Dayr Al-Qamar's mayor, Duri Sham`un, was doing in Saudi Arabia. Today, he explained. He said that his visit to Saudi Arabia was "an obligation [for him] as duty required that I offer condolences for the death of King Fahd...." He also added that the relationship between House of Sham`un and the royal family is very old. That is true. So old that in fact the House of Saudi funded the militias of Sham`un (the Tigers of the National Liberal [Liberal in the Lebanese sense, and that is a whole new definition] Party) in 1958 and in 1970s.