Talk:Al-Waleed bin Talal

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""He has amassed an enormous fortune through illegal arms dealing,...""

I think it is necessary to provide some evidence for these accusations

Contents 1 NPOV 2 Rafik Hariri 3 Citizenship? 4 Accuracy check

[edit] NPOV

I am going to have to dispute the NPOV of his investments, it doesn't say what bad investments he made. 220.233.48.200 15:16, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

One example, "Rotana"? - Eagle^amn 16:17, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

in Germany he lost about 350 million dollar @ de:KirchMedia, due to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March 26. 2006, p55-- Cherubino 21:48, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

did he attend military school in riad? when? -- 172.176.31.36 22:40, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Date of Birth:

There seems to be a dispute regarding HRH's year of birth. The Arabic version of his book states it as 1955, while the accompanying DVD interview states it was 1957. On the internet, both dates are used on a variety of websites. (July 7th is also mentioned as another date of birth on several websites!) For the historical accuracy of this article, the "real" date needs to be uncovered. Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this? -- anonymous (a details-accuracy freak)

[edit] Rafik Hariri

Wasn't he Lebanese, not Saudi? --Peter Robinett 12:15, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, by birth and nationality. But like many enterprising Arabs, he made his fortune in Saudi Arabia. Nathanm mn 19:42, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citizenship?

In the politcal involvement section of the article it says: "Prince Al-Waleed is a Lebanese citizen through his mother". Saudi Arabia does not allow you to have dual citizenship with other countries. This must be incorrect.

(1) Most rules apllied on normal Saudi citizens are not apllied on members of the royal family or people with strong relations with them.

(2) The Saudi government is not clear about its policy when it comes to dual citizenship! It is usually said to be forbidden to have a 2nd citizenship and that you may be striped out of your Saudi citizenship if they find out you have another nationality, but its no secret to them that the thousands of Saudi's born in other countries (such as the US) have those countries citizenships and carry their passports. In fact, the Saudi King offers government scholarships for Saudi college students to the US. To get the scholarship, typical Saudi students are required to show their US Visas to the Saudi government's (Ministry of Higher Education) as proof of being able to enter the US, while Saudi's born in the US are officially required to show their US passports!

Actually the Saudi government does not care about whether you have dual citizenship or not. The example you gave about Saudi students clearly shows that the Saudi government doesn't enforce its own law. Arabiainfo 07:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Accuracy check

I have put the disputed template on this article as it appears to be suffering from considerable vandalism from anonymous editors, e.g.

Prince Al-Waleed is founder of the Clutz Gunzel Movement For the Overthrow of the RS Tyranny
Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal would never stand for someone looking for another job on his watch. He'd bin him right off.
The Prince nevers backs any horse that isn't a working man's price.

I've not been able to confirm his interest in Everton F.C. either. Could someone more informed about the subject please review the article? -- Arwel (talk) 15:22, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

From Prince Al-waleed is founder of the Clutz Gunzel to the end of the reference about working man's price is spurious nonsense and has been deleted