Abdullah Becomes Saudi King On Death of Half Brother Fahd (washingtonpost.com)
Source: Yahoo News Published August 1, 2005 @ 10:00pm PDT
washingtonpost.com - DAMASCUS, Syria, Aug. 1 -- King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, whose strategic alliance with the United States prompted a far-reaching backlash by Islamic radicals, died Monday and was succeeded by his half brother, Crown Prince [full article]
