Epstein Secrets

dom's pivot to the east. Long before the American pivot, Saudi Arabia has reoriented its economic and political priorities to South and East Asia. Salman arrived in Beijing on March 13 for his first visit to China. Last month, the crown prince visited Pakistan, Japan, India and the Maldives. The two

He has had some success— notably in killing Osama Bin Laden and in initiating negotiations with Iran that co

rophet Muhammad, which many feel the royal family has abandoned. Saudi Islam increasingly is divided within itself, as is the royal family. Prince Salman, the kingdom's defense minister since last November (after nearly half a century as governor of Riyadh), is more energetic and less rigid than the

pointless. After the United States killed Osama bin Laden, he praised the Al Qaeda leader as a "holy warrio

ted to remove conservative imams and banned religious textbooks from Saudi Arabia, whereas his predecessor had largely left the Salafists alone. Mr Salman warns of a "talibanisation on the borders of historic Europe", but such fears are probably overblown. In many ways Tatarstan does not resemble the

ar lots from Charlotte about the killing of Osama bin Laden and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Th