Whistle-Blower: Saudi Crown Prince Not Willing to Admit Regional Failures

Rasa - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is anxious about his failures in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and other regional states, whistle-blower Mujtahid, who is believed to be a member of or have a well-connected source in the royal family, revealed, adding that bin Salman pays millions of dollars to the western media to improve his image.

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Date: 18 February 2018 - 23:39

RNA - "In private meetings, Bin Salman doesn’t want to admit failure of his foreign policies but always complains that his affairs don’t progress well in Qatar, Yemen, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Turkey as he desires, and he is angry that the western newspapers mock his views," Mujtahid wrote on his twitter page.

He added that the Saudi crown prince praises his foreign policy and then complains that the pressures on Qatar have backfired and Riyadh's attempts against Iraq, Syria and Lebanon didn’t yield desired results.

"Bin Salman is spending millions of dollars to stop the western media's negative reports on him and improve his image with their help," Mujtahid said.

According to Fars News Agancy, the Saudi whistle-blower had also revealed in November that bin Salman has personally bribed US President Donald Trump with a sum of $1bln during the latter's visit to Riyadh last May.

Mujtahid wrote on his twitter page that Bin Salman, then-deputy crown prince, was able to win the US administration's favor in his power struggle with his cousin Mohammed bin Nayef, who was heir to the throne until he was deposed last June.

He added that Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia changed Washington’s stance on the competition between bin Salman and bin Nayef, forcing the US to take the 32-year-old’s side.

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