And that where I learned about Abdullah's Control of the Saudi National Guard and the infighting between Fahd's full blooded relatives and his half-brother Abdullah (Spelling?). If I remember right one of the Brother control the Saudi Army (which is separate from the National Guard).
Some more on Abdullah and Saudi Arabia:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/gulf/abdullah.htmhttp://www.freelebanon.org/articles/a344.htmhttp://searchingforthetruth.typepad.com/searching_for_the_truth/http://www.hudson.org/files/publications/Henderson%20--%20Saudi%20Royal%20Family.pdf#search='Sudairis.'Here is two pro House of Saud Sites:
http://news-server.org/a/ab/abdullah__crown_prince_of_saudi_arabia.htmlhttp://www.saudiembassy.net/Publications/MagFall98/Abdullah.htmSome background on Saudi Arabia, if you can ignore the anti-jewish attitude of the writer (I would say Anti-Semitic, but I suspect he is an arab and thus a Semite himself):
http://www.geocities.com/saudhouse/article25.html