"The ties between Saudi Oger and Prince Abdul Aziz are well known in Saudi Arabia. The company was founded by Rafiq Hariri, who built Saudi Oger into a large company by winning the trust and business of King Fahd. “Hariri used to say, ‘The meat on my shoulder is from King Fahd,’ ” said As’ad AbuKhalil, a professor of political science at California State University Stanislaus, who has written several books and runs the blog The Angry Arab News Service. Mr. Hariri, a former prime minister of Lebanon, was assassinated in 2005. His son, Saad Hariri, took over Saudi Oger and was Lebanon’s prime minister for 14 months before he was ousted last year. The two younger men are known to be close, said Mr. AbuKhalil and Mr. Henderson." (thank Sultan)