Saudi Arabia's 'anti-corruption' prince buys $300 million French Home

[Dinky]

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been revealed as the owner of a French chateau described as the world's most expensive home, according to a report in the New York Times.

The purchase of the vast property west of Paris for $300 million (275 million euros) would be the latest in a string of extravagant purchases by the powerful prince, who has been waging a sweeping anti-corruption campaign.

The newly-built chateau was sold to a mystery buyer in 2015, and though its ownership is concealed through shell companies, advisers to the royal family have confirmed the prince is its ultimate owner, the Times reported Saturday.

Saudi officials have declined to comment on the report, which comes after French investigative website Mediapart similarly pointed to the prince as the owner in July.

Fortune magazine reported at the time of the 2015 sale that the Chateau Louis XIV -- which has fountains that can be controlled by iPhone -- had smashed records to become the world's priciest home.

On the outside, the mansion looks like a 17th-century chateau in the style of the palace at nearby Versailles, but it is in fact a new-build that went up after its Saudi developer bulldozed the existing 19th-century property.

Its antique facades hide modern facilities including a cinema, deluxe swimming pool and a moat with a transparent underwater chamber so that visitors can enjoy the sight of koi carp swimming past.

The 57-acre plot includes manicured gardens, huge fountains and a maze, while the interiors are lavishly decorated with gilding and fresco ceilings.

Corruption crackdown
The Times report comes after the prince had dozens of members of the Saudi elite including princes, ministers and tycoons locked up in Riyadh's 5-star Ritz-Carlton hotel as part of an anti-corruption campaign.

https://twitter.com/x/status/942098504742260736

Many have since agreed to hand over allegedly ill-gotten gains in exchange for their freedom, Saudi attorney general Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb said earlier this month.

In an interview with the Times in November, Prince Mohammed described as "ludicrous" reports equating the crackdown with a political purge to eliminate rivals before he becomes king.

The Times reported that he bought the chateau through a firm managed through his personal foundation, Eight Investment Company, which also handled his 2015 purchase of a $500 million yacht.

https://twitter.com/x/status/942171212595322880

Along with the chateau and yacht, the Times also reported earlier this month that a Leonardo da Vinci painting sold for $450.3 million in November was sold to a Saudi prince acting on behalf of the crown prince.

The yacht purchase, sealed with the help of an army of lawyers and accountants in Germany, Bermudaand the Isle of Man, was revealed through the Paradise Papers document leak.

(AFP)
http://www.france24.com/en/20171217...hammed-salman-buys-300-million-french-chateau

 

[Azadkashmir]

@Stryker1982

@BHarwana

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Obvious unfunded propaganda. "According to x and y". Where is the evidence? Mod edit: Inappropriate language & Personal Attack. You get the point.

Just like Da Vinci's Salvator Mundi was not bought by MbS but Abu Dhabi Louvre which also destroyed that previous rumor.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/11/investing/salvatore-mundi-buyer-abu-dhabi/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...-painting-to-be-exhibited-at-louvre-abu-dhabi

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/abu-dhabi-salvator-mundi-leonardo

https://twitter.com/x/status/942184257027563520

https://twitter.com/x/status/942184258805862405

https://twitter.com/x/status/942184259997061120

https://twitter.com/x/status/942184261536370688

https://twitter.com/x/status/942184849774972928

https://twitter.com/x/status/942199997579214848

 

[Saif al-Arab]

@Stryker1982

@BHarwana

How does it feel to blindly believe Western tabloids and media as a supposed anti-West establishment individual while knowing very well their long history of propaganda, lies and stirring trouble up in relation to Muslims, Arabs, Pakistanis, Middle Easterners and in general non-Westnerers?

When it suits you you believe Western media and when it does not fit your worldview or suit you, you deem it to be propaganda.

This article is based on a rumor and nothing else (hardly any evidence if any at all) yet you believe it just like you believed the fake report of MbS buying that Da Vinci painting which proved to be a lie.

https://twitter.com/x/status/942180269792071683

https://twitter.com/x/status/942151606426112001

Just like Iraq had nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction pre-2003 right?

And this property which was not bought by MbS is nowhere close to being the most expensive property either. Another blatant lie.

A villa in the same country (France) has a 410 million euro asking price.

http://time.com/money/4979561/most-expensive-house-villa-les-cedre/

Here is another more comprehensive list.

Villa Leopolda is worth 750 million euros for instance.

http://time.com/money/3585583/worlds-most-expensive-houses/

Antilla in Mumbai 1 billion USD.

 

[Azadkashmir]

How does it feel to blindly believe Western tabloids and media as a supposed anti-West establishment individual while knowing very well their long history of propaganda, lies and stirring trouble up in relation to Muslims, Arabs, Pakistanis, Middle Easterners and in general non-Westnerers?

When it suits you you believe Western media and when it does not fit your worldview or suit you, you deem it to be propaganda.

This article is based on a rumor and nothing else (hardly any evidence if any at all) yet you believe it just like you believe the fake report of MbS buying that Da Vinci painting which proved to be a lie.

https://twitter.com/x/status/942180269792071683

https://twitter.com/x/status/942151606426112001

Just like Iraq had nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction pre-2003 right?

With the rest it is unbelievable but with Saudis it is believable because in the past they have been caught with drugs, kick backs with Britain, courting with israel, creating isis with mossad/cia, overthrowing regimes, giving USA military bases, buying prostitutes or gay adventures in London,
oversea villas, murdering people who expose them, oppressing the masses, policies help enemy not helped Muslim at all, destroying holy places by planting in multinational corporations, investing in enemy countries, deliberately keeping masses dumb and stupid with fatwas.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

With the rest it is unbelievable but with Saudis it is believable because in the past they have been caught with drugs, kick backs with Britain, courting with israel, creating isis with mossad/cia, overthrowing regimes, giving USA military bases, buying prostitutes or gay adventures in London,
oversea villas, murdering people who expose them, oppressing the masses, policies help enemy not helped Muslim at all, destroying holy places by planting in multinational corporations, investing in enemy countries, deliberately keeping masses dumb and stupid with fatwas.

More nonsense. The House of Saud is a family of 15.000 people. Only 1500 or so have any actual power or are regarded as part of the ruling family.

One individual prince (young) with no relationship to the circles of power was once caught with drugs. Now tell me how many rich kids in Pakistan, Iran and elsewhere have been caught wit that? Dozens.

No evidence of any relationship with Israel, creating Daesh is another hilarious and unfunded lie, no overthrowing of regimes either (give a single example), no US military bases in KSA since 20 years ago, no such thing except for rare occasions by a select few individuals has nothing to do with the larger family let alone 25 million Saudi Arabian citizens.

Villas and investments abroad is not a crime. No example of any assassinations of critics in KSA or abroad. If so mention them. No oppression either. Most Saudi Arabians live better than 99% of Muslims and people across the world. Expect for political reforms which are arriving and will come with time. You must have been sleeping in the past few years.

Yes, the biggest donor to the Muslim world and investor has not helped at all. Everything that is pan-Muslim KSA was behind it. The OIC and now the Islamic Coalition. All KSA's creations when nobody else did anything or took any initiatives.

Which "holy places" have been destroyed? Are you kidding? Enlarging the holy sites for them to better serve pilgrims and more of them is now a crime? In which world?

KSA can invest in every country it wants to just like all Muslim countries are doing.

Yes, that is why Saudi Arabians are some of the most educated people in the Muslim world while there are more Pakistanis that cannot read or write their own names than Saudi Arabians worldwide. As for fatwas, there are very few moronic fatwas from KSA and the few that remain, nobody takes them seriously and they are said by old clerics or distorted. You have no idea as usual. As for occasional stupid fatwas, we can say the same thing about Pakistan and almost every single Muslim country.

BTW the last time I saw you live in the UK and are paying taxes to the UK government which in return is the biggest supporter of the US and Israel. So talk about hypocrisy.

 

[Azadkashmir]

More nonsense. The House of Saud is a family of 15.000 people. Only 1500 or so have any actual power or are regarded as part of the ruling family.

One individual prince (young) with no relationship to the circles of power was once caught with drugs. Now tell me how many rich kids in Pakistan, Iran and elsewhere have been caught wit that? Dozens.

No evidence of any relationship with Israel, creating Daesh is another hilarious and unfunded lie, no overthrowing of regimes either (give a single example), no US military bases in KSA since 20 years ago, no such thing except for rare occasions by a select few individuals has nothing to do with the larger family let alone 25 million Saudi arabian citizens.

Villas and investments abroad is not a crime. No example of any assassinations of critics in KSA or abroad. If so mention them. No oppression either. Most Saudi Arabians live better than 99% of Muslims and people across the world. Expect for political reforms which are arriving and will come with time. You must have been sleeping in the past few years.

Yes, the biggest donor to the Muslim world and investors has not helped at all. Everything that is pan-Muslim KSA was behind it. The OIC and now the Islamic Coalition. All KSA's creations when nobody else did anything or took any initiatives.

Which "holy places" have been destroyed? Are you kidding? Enlarging the holy sites for them to better serve pilgrims and more of them is now a crime? In which world?

KSA can invest in every country it wants to just like all Muslim countries are doing.

Yes, that is why Saudi Arabians are some of the most educated people in the Muslim world while there are more Pakistanis that cannot read or write their own names than Saudi Arabians worldwide. As for fatwas, there are very few moronic fatwas from KSA and the few that remain, nobody takes them seriously and they are said by old clerics or distorted. You have no idea as usual. As for occasional stupid fatwas, we can say the same thing about Pakistan and almost every single Muslim country.

wtf is wrong with you, are you related to royals ? please calm down they were put there by British Rothschild family? so these crypto jew ummah leaders are okay to rape women, drink, snort cocaine, fund terror, do business with cia, mossad and so on. It is only mistake like a child stealing sweets or gets caught smoking cigarettes as you say slap on the wrist please don't do it again royals crypto jew i mean Muslim ummah leaders.

 

[Azadkashmir]

Everywhere where Ali Al-Ahmed (A Qatari and Iranian Mullah regime paid propagandist) features (aside from his beloved PissTV) is not to be taken seriously in relation to KSA and its allies. He is being paid for what he is doing and was exposed as such ages ago.

press tv is not that bad. it is one of the best so far. England took them off air because they exposed Rothschild banking system now that requires guts.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

wtf is wrong with you, are you related to royals ? please calm down they were put there by British Rothschild family? so these crypto jew ummah leaders are okay to rape women, drink, snort cocaine, fund terror, do business with cia, mossad and so on. It is only mistake like a child stealing sweets or gets caught smoking cigarettes as you say slap on the wrist please don't do it again royals crypto jew i mean Muslim ummah leaders.

I am completely calm but just countering your nonsense, unfortunately.

No. I am a Hijazi Hashemite so in theory I should have no love lost for the House of Saud but I can seperate nonsense, lies and propaganda from the truth. I am not going to focus on the few negatives in a very promising period like the current one in KSA when many wonderful and much needed reforms have taken place and much more is to come. Nor criticize a talent and hardworking man like MbS who is loved by most of the population (not since King Faisal has this been the case) and we support him because supporting him means supporting the country and people. You cannot understand this, well, not my problem.

Stirring trouble up in Bilad al-Haramain is strictly forbidden.

Your nonsense is like taken out from some kindergarten book.

press tv is not that bad. it is one of the best so far. England took them off air because they exposed Rothschild banking system now that requires guts.

Now everything makes perfect sense.

 

[Azadkashmir]

I am completely calm but just countering your nonsense, unfortunately.

No. I am a Hijazi Hashemite so in theory I should have no love lost for the House of Saud but I can seperate nonsense, lies and propaganda from the truth. I am not going to focus on the few negatives in a very promising period like the current one in KSA when many wonderful and much needed reforms have taken place and much more is to come. Nor criticize a talent and hardworking man like MbS who is loved by most of the population (not since King Faisal has this been the case) and we support him because supporting him means supporting the country and people. You cannot understand this, well, not my problem.

Stirring trouble up in Bilad al-Haramain is strictly forbidden.

Your nonsense is like taken out from some kindergarten book.



Now everything makes perfect sense.

what so funny at least they not spending billions abroad on whore cocaine, villas and buming boys.
how can you have family of thieves/debauchery as muslim ummah leaders.
is that a laughing matter. whole world laughs at arabs yet some arabs are in denial.
Iran does not have Rothschild central bank and north Korea.
but Saudi they have made sure all Muslim are slaves.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

what so funny at least they not spending billions abroad on whore cocaine, villas and buming boys.
how can you have family of thieves/debauchery as muslim ummah leaders.
is that a laughing matter. whole world laughs at arabs yet some arabs are in denial.
Iran does not have Rothschild central bank and north Korea.
but Saudi they have made sure all Muslim are slaves.

Please tell me all the mysteries of the universe while you are at it.



Funny is (rather tragicomically) is your worldview and the unfunded nonsense that you believe in.

Since Iran and North Korea (haha) are the only "saved countries on the planet" why don't you leave the UK and try to live in one of those two countries? While you are at it deal with the Rothschild Jewish conspiracies in Pakistan and help turn Pakistan into another North Korea or Iran. You have the "Islamic Republic" label already after all.

You can volunteer as the new King Jong-un.

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHHAHAHHAHA



Well, that's it. Taking a break from PDF. Not good for your health longterm. Have fun boys and girls and a obligatory shot out to the Arab bros here. Keep the fighting alive and never surrender. Best of luck until I will be back. Might be sooner than I want to haha.

As for @Azadkashmir bro, I am not sure if you are a cartoon character or not but you are funny as hell. I want to thank you for making me laugh uncontrollable at times. It's a great thing. You are almost as good as the Iranian lot when it comes to comedy.

 

[SALMAN F]

This was posted here before

 

[Azadkashmir]

Please tell me all the mysteries of the universe while you are at it.



Funny is (rather tragicomically) is your worldview and the unfunded nonsense that you believe in.

Since Iran and North Korea (haha) are the only "saved countries on the planet" why don't you leave the UK and try to live in one of those two countries? While you are at it deal with the Rothschild Jewish conspiracies in Pakistan and help turn Pakistan into another North Korea or Iran. You have the "Islamic Republic" label already after all.

You can volunteer as the new King Jong-un.

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHHAHAHHAHA



Well, that's it. Taking a break from PDF. Not good for your health longterm. Have fun boys and girls and a obligatory shot out to the Arab bros here. Keep the fighting alive and never surrender. Best of luck until I will be back. Might be sooner than I want to haha.

As for @Azadkashmir bro, I am not sure if you are a cartoon character or not but you are funny as hell. I want to thank you for making me laugh uncontrollable at times. It's a great thing. You are almost as good as the Iranian lot when it comes to comedy.

This is why arabs lost the wars against israel they don't have no listening skills and believe in their own fantasies. self denial. arabs have really shown his ignorance oil wealth makes them deaf.

All i can say make sure the tents are air conditioned for your soldiers it will get hot.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Just before I call it a day.

This was posted here before

Well, when it comes to KSA (House of Saud) the same rumors are usually posted 3-4 times on PDF at last. You can't have it otherwise, can you?

Anyway let's pick this propaganda article apart;

"advisers to the royal family have confirmed the prince is its ultimate owner,"

Why would native advisers to the royal family confirm something that would harm his push against corruption and wastefulness by highlighting the purchase of a extravagant chateau in France? Where is the logic?

Saudi officials have declined to comment on the report, which comes after French investigative website Mediapart similarly pointed to the prince as the owner in July.

Where is the proof of any contact? As disclosed the NYT did not allow the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the US to write a column in the NYT but gave the right to the Iranian foreign minister so he could post his Mullah propaganda that was later picked apart.

Besides why should KSA comment about every idiotic rumor? If that was the case they would be doing nothing else 24/7.

"Fortune magazine reported at the time of the 2015 sale that the Chateau Louis XIV -- which has fountains that can be controlled by iPhone -- had smashed records to become the world's priciest home."

That's simply a factual lie. It's nowhere close to being the most expensive property in the world as I already proved in post 4. How can any sane journalist write such nonsense when it takes 2 seconds to determinate whether this is correct or not?

"The Times reported that he bought the chateau through a firm managed through his personal foundation, Eight Investment Company, which also handled his 2015 purchase of a $500 million yacht."

I googled this company in both English and Arabic and no information came up anywhere.

"Along with the chateau and yacht, the Times also reported earlier this month that a Leonardo da Vinci painting sold for $450.3 million in November was sold to a Saudi prince acting on behalf of the crown prince."

That "report" was proven to be a lie. Abu Dhabi Louvre (UAE state) bought the painting as has been admitted by them openly and Christies in NYC (the broker). Another blatant lie.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/11/investing/salvatore-mundi-buyer-abu-dhabi/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...-painting-to-be-exhibited-at-louvre-abu-dhabi

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/abu-dhabi-salvator-mundi-leonardo

This is why arabs lost the wars against israel they don't have no listening skills and believe in their own fantasies. self denial. arabs have really shown his ignorance oil wealth makes them deaf.

All i can say make sure the tents are air conditioned for your soldiers it will get hot.

More useless propaganda. 90% (approaching 95%) of Yemen is in control of the Yemeni government and Yemeni army with minimal casualties. Yemen is mostly mountainous (2000-3000 meter above sea level) so it is not really hot even during the summer.

You can check out the weather of Sana'a on www.Wunderground.com right now.

It is 4 degrees celsius in Sana'a right now. Not exactly "hot". Much of KSA outside of the always warm Jeddah, Makkah and to an extend Madinah, also have cold temperatures right now.

Anyway another bigger question is why are parts of the Western media and tabloids attacking a person like MbS with his refreshing reforms, frank and open speeches, with his open hostility towards extremism and other ills, his refreshing and positive ideas, dynamism, youth, clever and sensible speeches and visions? Sure, he has his faults (who has not) and yes, KSA needs more reforms and yes what we have seen lately on almost every front is very positive but this is just the beginning.

Well, I will answer that question. It's because KSA is becoming stronger and more independent and strengthening its ties with China, Russia and others which certain people do not like.

Same story with every Arab, Muslim and non-Western country in the past. There is always negativity and propaganda that impacts the masses.

It's done deliberately and its no coincidence.

 

[Aramagedon]

Saudi crown prince buy the most expensive house in france:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/17/pro-austerity-saudi-prince-buys-worlds-expensive-home/

https://theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/300m-french-chateau-bought-by-saudi-prince-linked-to-da-vinci-purchase-report

https://www.rt.com/news/413477-saudi-crown-prince-luxury-mansion/

https://nypost.com/2017/12/17/anti-corruption-saudi-prince-bought-worlds-most-expensive-home/

http://www.firstpost.com/world/saudi-arabias-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-is-owner-of-worlds-most-expensive-home-in-versailles-4262375.html/



Saudi prince sleep with the married Kim Kardashian:

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11290052/Kim-Kardashian-offered-1m-to-spend-night-with-Saudi-prince.html

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2871278/Kim-Kardashian-offered-1million-spend-evening-partying-Saudi-Arabian-prince.html



Saudi family coruption:

http://www.shoah.org.uk/2012/08/19/saudi-royal-family-is-jewish-king-and-prince-are-all-jew

http://www.therichest.com/shocking/15-dark-facts-about-saudi-arabias-royal-family

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/zionist-rulers-of-saudi-arabia.19023