Wine from Saudi Govt among Blair Gifts

Alcohol is banned in Saudi Arabia, but according to this AP piece in the Washington Post, the government don’t seem to have a problem giving away a few bottles of fine wine as a gift to someone who earned it. Other notable gifts include an iPod from California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (cool!) and a tea set from Sri Lanka’s president (boring!) as well as a foal from French legislators which he donated to a local family.


This entry was written by Ahmed, posted on Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 16:21, filed under Humor, Politics, Saudi Arabia. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

5 Comments

  1. Simon Columbus
    Posted Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 18:46 | Permalink | Reply

    An iPod :D Yes, that’s cool.

  2. Crispal
    Posted Friday, August 3, 2007 at 18:03 | Permalink | Reply

    Alcohol is forbidden for you and me and common people. Others have it in great ammounts. You know that better than me. ;-)

  3. Tabuk knight
    Posted Saturday, September 1, 2007 at 22:40 | Permalink | Reply

    The Washington Post is known for being an extremist christian newspaper that is very anti-islam and anti-civilization.

  4. Sarkis
    Posted Monday, December 1, 2008 at 22:10 | Permalink | Reply

    http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/11/20/egypt-king-abdullahs-glass-of-w ine

  5. Sarkis
    Posted Monday, December 1, 2008 at 22:12 | Permalink | Reply

    http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/11/20/egypt-king-abdullahs-glass-of-wine

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