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Saudi prince offers free Bentley for every pilot who bombs Yemen

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal apparently made pledge on social media but the post has since been deleted

Web Desk April 23, 2015

PHOTO: AFP

A Saudi prince has allegedly offered to ‘award’ pilots who are carrying out bombing raids in Yemen with 100 Bentley cars.

Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, one of the richest men in the world, made the pledge on Wednesday after bombing raids appeared to resume, despite an official announcement that they would be halted.

PHOTO: AFP

Saudi Arabian forces launched air strikes on Yemen a month ago to stop advances from Houthi rebels, who are allied with Iran and previously overthrew the Saudi-backed government.

Prince Talal, the 60-year-old grandson of Saudi Arabia's founder Ibn Saud apparently made the pledge on social media but the post has since been deleted, according to the International Business Times. He is said to own a $300 million stake in Twitter.

"To recognise the one hundred participating Saudi pilots I am pleased to present them with 100 Bentley cars," is what he wrote.

On Tuesday, the Saudis said the bombing raids, which have killed at least 944 people and wounded around 3,480, had been successful and they were to focus on finding a political solution instead.

Yet, the raids resumed on Wednesday.

This article originally appeared in Mail Online.

COMMENTS (22)

Mohsin | 9 years ago | Reply Sad that Humans kill Humans & feel Great about it. There are such beautiful songs like IMAGINE by John Lennon, 'Where is the Love" & many more which people need to listen again & again. Finally let us hope the World gets rid of such evil people & the Leaders of all countries think of the World as one & protect the World.

Meshuga | 9 years ago | Reply This nothing new. Saudis have been letting others do their dirty work. Poor South Asian workers come to mind (except they are underpaid - and not paid at all - and treated like dirt). The first Gulf War was paid for by Saudis and fought by "allies" including the US. Money talks and BS* walks, as the saying goes.

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Rex Minor | 9 years ago | Reply @Raj - USA: Who is not aware of the Indians story tellers and be able to cimb on the rope as well. Being in th USA has not changed your abilities. Rex Minor

JSM | 9 years ago | Reply Any takers in Pakistan?

Tony Singh | 9 years ago | Reply Is Pakistani standing "shoulder to shoulder" with people with this kind of attitude towards humans?

lkhan | 9 years ago | Reply How sick....

Pookie Shy | 9 years ago | Reply 100 Bentleys costing a minimum of $180195(starting price each) will give us a total of at least $18,019,500 that can not only feed the malnutritioned and starving but also help bringing violence to an end and peacefully deal with the war in Yemen. 18 million dollars in the right hands and towards the right cause can have a phenomenal possibilities of peace world wide. it's a disappointing fact that this money will be used as a bribe to fuel violence instead of fuel to extinguish the flame of hate.

llama | 9 years ago | Reply Your highness, Me and my RC b-25 bomber are waiting on the front lines for your orders. Oh and if you could please get my car delivered with an extra cup holder, I would be very grateful. Thank You.

Shehryar | 9 years ago | Reply The sooner this world gets off of oil, the better.

Mir Ali | 9 years ago | Reply More than 900 people dead, hundreds and thousands displaced and some pathetic awards Bentleys to the pilots

Gulwant Singh Bedi | 9 years ago | Reply All of this to save his skin. Once the insurgents, extremist/terrorists start infiltrating Saudia's borders from Iraq and Yemen, sending in suicide bombers,...the the Kingdom is finished.... history,..kaput,...no more. So giving away Bentleys would be cheap, instead of living full time in London. [Which he does anyway]

Sun Tzu | 9 years ago | Reply Can I at least fire a pistol in the direction of Yemen and then do I qualify for at least a motorcycle? Please Shiekh!! A 100cc will do.......

Ali S | 9 years ago | Reply @AB: You can give them religion from above and oil from below, but it couldn't change the fact that these people have the intellect and mindset worthy of nothing more than medieval camel herders.

Bachi | 9 years ago | Reply these modern day bedouins make me sick. They are worse than animals

MalikSaabSays | 9 years ago | Reply Only 100? despite that much wealth not very generous after all...I guess the prince building his servants' housing in London on the river Thames is more generous. I wonder whose generosity will donate even a meagre amount to someone like me. Maybe too much to ask...

globalobserver | 9 years ago | Reply How sadistic and crude! Then again, why should one be surprised at this considering it is coming from a country and people with a history of barbarism, fanaticism and primitive nihilistic ideology.

Raj - USA | 9 years ago | Reply There was a time in the 80's and 90's when we used to hear jokes like this. A Saudi came to a bank in US with his assistant and a camel loaded with boxes. He came to the bank just when the bank was closing for the day, went straight to the manager and said that he wanted to make a deposit in cash. Then bank manager knowing how important his client is, asked his staff to stay back and provide excellent service to the Saudi. The Saudi asked his assistant to off-load the boxes of cash from his camel and give them to the manager. He said to the manager that there is one hundred million dollars in the boxes and that he wanted it to be deposited in his bank account. The Manager and his staff immediately started to count the cash. After several hours of counting the cash, the manager came to the Saudi and very hesitatingly said "Sir, I apologize very sincerely. I do not know how to say this to you. We counted the cash, many times to make sure that there is no error in counting. Even after counting many times we found that there is only ninety nine million dollars in cash there". The Saudi got really mad, very mad, not at the bank manager but at his assistant, and shouted at him "You fool, you brought the wrong camel again". Those were the days!!!!! and they are gone. Recent reports say, that for the past several years they have been withdrawing regularly huge amounts from their deposits in European banks.

Habib ur Rahman | 9 years ago | Reply It seems unfair to give awards to killers diregarding the number of civilians each one kills. What an injustice to award a car to the pilot who kills hundreds of civilians! Such pilots should be appropriately rewarded for their outstanding achievement.

kurram | 9 years ago | Reply Astaghfirullah ! These Saudis are abusing the oil wealth that God gave them every single day.

Pakistani | 9 years ago | Reply That is an absolute madness at a new level. Killing innocents people and then feeling proud on it. Houthis can be your enemy but the bombing kill more civilians than militants.

Faraz | 9 years ago | Reply Is there a choice for trim or model?

AB | 9 years ago | Reply Only if they could donate half of this to food programs in Yemen. The population itself will have supported them against the rebels. Wisdom is lost.

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