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
Thats a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight. Now on bbc news its time for newsnight. Theresa mays been in switzerland. Most of westminsters on holiday. But tonight the governments brexit position, finally, starts to take shape. In something that looks a lot like the Customs Union, but with britain able to negotiate Free Trade Agreements with the rest of the world. We ask whether the proposed transitional arrangement is possible or even desirable. And finally, two days after the event. Racism is evil. And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs. Including the kkk, neo nazis, White Supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. Trump this evening disavowed the racists but will this be enough to stem the tide of criticism of how he handled events in charlottesville . Also tonight, after one of the most exciting Opening Weekends in its 25 year history, we ask one of the Premier Leagues architects whether
Got the most specific item on his list of grievances against the United States, got it checked off the list by the george w. Bush administration. That is what happened. During the first gulf war when george bushs father was president , over half a million troops had been based in saudi arabia. Saudi bases were the launching pad for attacks to defend kuwait against the forces of hussain. After the first gulf war was over, thousands of troops stayed on those saudi bases thereafter. But in 2003, less than two years after 9 11, saudi government asked, and the u. S. Government acceded and handed over the presence sultan a Prince Sultan air base. Where the United States decided to move its big, new, Permanent Air base in that part of the world was out of saudi arabia out of 9 11 and instead, into the nation of qatar. The air base in qatar is now the home of centcom. And it is not in a war zone, but their is the permanent site of u. S. Military headquarters for the middle east. Cut tar. Cut t
President , over half a million troops had been based in saudi arabia. Saudi bases were the launching pad for attacks to defend kuwait against the forces of hussain. Saddam hussein. After the first gulf war was over, thousands of troops stayed on those saudi bases thereafter. But in 2003, less than two years after 9 11, saudi government asked, and the u. S. Government acceded and handed over the keys to the Prince Sultan air base, that base that had hosted tens, even hundreds of thousands of u. S. Troops. Where the United States decided to move its big, new, Permanent Air base in that part of the world was out of saudi arabia after 9 11 and instead into the nation of qatar. The air base in qatar is now the home of centcom. Its where u. S. Central command is based. There are thousands of u. S. Troops there at any one time. And it is not in a war zone, but their is the permanent site of u. S. Military headquarters for the middle east. Qatar. Qatar is a small country, its a very rich coun
Intubated. Rather than taking to a Major Hospital in geneva where he was a patient, they took him to king faisal hospital. They kept him on house arrest. He was in and out of jail, in and out of house arrest. When they finally let him have his phone back, he got in touch with the bbc and complained about his abduction. So he was put back as he described to me in jail and then house arrest and he learned his lesson until he got the avian flu in 2010 and they thought he was probably going to die. Comes to boston, spends years here. I meet him, and he says i got to do something about this. As you can imagine, i was concerned when i heard what had happened before. You know . If you file a criminal complaint in geneva, arent you concerned youre going to be abducted again . I made sure he understood the risks. He understood. What happened. But he felt so a criminal complaint was filed. I found a very competent Trial Attorney in geneva, pierre dupres. And we filed a complaint in november of 2