In the penthouse of this luxury hotel cover a saudi prince is preparing to visit the powerful relatives. It meeting that will change his life forever. Sultan bin turki bin abdulaziz has been publicly criticising the saudi royal family. Now he has been invited for a conversation. Early in the morning, Prince Sultan is driven to a palace on the outskirts of geneva. It belongs to his uncle, king fahd of saudi arabia. This man, is the king s favourite son. He has invited his cousin to breakfast. They arejoined by invited his cousin to breakfast. They are joined by the saudi minister of Islamic Affairs. Abdulaziz asks sultan to return to saudi arabia. He says he will be protected and everything will be resolved. Sultan refuses. Abdulaziz excuses himself to make a phone call. Then, the minister of Islamic Affairs also leaves the room. Sultan is left alone. Suddenly masked men rush in. They beat sultan and handcuff him. One plunges a needle into his neck. Unconscious, sultan is rushed to gene
At 10pm well have a full round up of the days news. First its kidnapped saudi arabias missing princes. In the penthouse of this luxury hotel, a saudi prince is preparing to visit the powerful relatives. It is a meeting that will change his life forever. Sultan bin turki bin abdulaziz has been publicly criticising the saudi royal family. Now he has been invited for a conversation. Early in the morning, Prince Sultan is driven to a palace on the outskirts of geneva. It belongs to his uncle, king fahd of saudi arabia. Prince abdulaziz bin fahd is the kings favourite son. He has invited his cousin to breakfast. They are joined by Sheikh Saleh Al sheikh, the saudi minister of islamic affairs. Abdulaziz asks sultan to return to saudi arabia. He says he will be protected and everything will be resolved. Sultan refuses. Abdulaziz excuses himself to make a phone call. Then, the al sheikh also leaves the room. Sultan is left alone. Suddenly masked men rush in. They beat sultan and handcuff him.
All were critical of the saudi government, and there is evidence they were abducted and flown to saudi arabia. In the penthouse of this luxury hotel, a saudi prince is preparing to visit the powerful relatives. It is a meeting that will change his life forever. Sultan bin turki bin abdulaziz has been publicly criticising the saudi royal family. Now he has been invited for a conversation. Early in the morning, Prince Sultan is driven to a palace on the outskirts of geneva. It belongs to his uncle, king fahd of saudi arabia. Prince abdulaziz bin fahd is the kings favourite son. He has invited his cousin to breakfast. They are joined by Sheikh Saleh Al sheikh, the saudi minister of islamic affairs. Abdulaziz asks sultan to return to saudi arabia. He says he will be protected and everything will be resolved. Sultan refuses. Abdulaziz excuses himself to make a phone call. Then, al sheikh also leaves the room. Sultan is left alone. Suddenly masked men rush in. They beat sultan and handcuff h
Calls that a prince, and certainly in so doing i definitely picked up on the fact that there were members of the regime, the royal family, who were very very much against what he was doing. Sultan said the saudis had frozen his assets so he could not pay his hotel bill or his staff. Then came the meeting on the 12th ofjune. Everybody was awake. Prince sultan was as well. The tension started to ramp up, you could feel it in the air, it felt very much like it was going to be a make or break situation. Eddie had no idea this would be the last time he would see sultan who was about to be abducted and flown back to riyadh. Seven months later, injanuary 2004, the prince resurfaced. In a call to an arabic news channel, he said he was under house arrest. He described his experiences and named those he had held responsible. Years later, sultan approached clyde bergstresser, a lawyer in boston, and told him his story. It belies any credit to see that this was anything other than the abduction de
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