Friday, September 17, 2010

`Abdur-Rahman Ar-Rashid: he is back, to serve the House of Saud

It seems i was in error about the firing of Rashid.  He resigned but his resignation was rejected.  This is the real story from an anonymous reader:  "hi on your blog u wrote that "`Abdur-Rahman Al-Rashid "was fired because he offended "Wahhabi clerical kooks",  that is total b.s. .  they reported that for western media consumption  to get him some sympathy and paint him as a "fighter against extremism" . the saudi media in the last 9 years was nothing but offending "Wahhabi clerics", to scapegoat them for everything wrong about this country. and i am no fan of either side. both of them are tools for u know whom. he did offend them but the real  reason why he is fired because "Alarabea" broadcasted an english documentary that had some scenes that  were  critical of AlSaud family , of course that was not on purpose i am sure , i believe they braodcasted the film without screening it first , to remove the "bad" parts, as they always do.  read the whole story here  btw , he is not fired after all , they say he is back ."