Saudi Ambassador Extra ordinary and Plenipotentiary Prince Benni Durr bin Sultan must have completed his normal and formal farewell calls in the Washington D.C. circuit.

The media adopted his name to the American “Bill“and “Bob“culture, by calling him: Bandar! Ambassador Benni-Durr is returning home after almost two decades of term of duty. His brother-in-law Prince Turki bin Faisal shall assume his position, after his curtailed tenure, as envoy to the White Hall in London. He had been the Head of Saudi G.I.D from 14 Aug 77 to 4 Sept 2002. His brother remains the mature Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, while their uncle King Abdulah bin Abdel Aziz rules the Kingdom.

Please bear with me. This script is not about Aal-e-Soud’s posting protocol. It is about the collapse of USSR, with effect from the 8th December 1991 declaration. The global media does have 9/11& 7/7. But nobody thus far, has minted 12/8 – which has been one of the greatest events of the past century. It surpasses Sykes-Picot Treaty – that fragmented the Ottoman Empire and Belfour Beaty Accord/award, which created Republic of Israel in 1948. The latter ones were the inevitable results of the two World Wars. But the first one has been generally considered the outcome of the Cold War.

Not so Sir! If you would be privy to the prime factors, it was the result of an Oil War. And that war was primarily conducted, by the aforetasted Saudi princes – on behest of the so called: Free World.

Sure! Nobody told you so. Because Prince Turki, in particular, has added: “Value of Silence” in addition to the natural virtues of Justice; Prudence; Temperance and Fortitude. Of course these values are distinct from his religious fundamentals, which he practices.

I have passed by his Ostrich Farm House, in the suburbs of Riyadh – from a respectable dislance. Never invited in, because I am only a miskeen. One has to be a prominent American Media Mughul to enter the protected sanctuary.

High fence, and the population of seven thousand plus Ostriches, withim the farmhouse, may have a significance related to the owner’s personal philosophy! Fact is Ostriches do never bury their heads in sand. They just hold their forte in silence.

Aal-e-Faisal (Shaheed) has the picture-perfect genetic lineage. The exactitude of their father: Malik Faisal (RA) and strict grooming of their venerable mother: Malika Iffat, must have passed on the best of Arabian and Turkish nobility traits. Princess Iffat was the daughter of an Albanian Turkic nobleman: Sheikh Kamal Adham.

Princess Iffat is also the mother of Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal; Muhammad al Faisal; Princess Haifa; (the wife of Prince Benni-Durr.) and Prince Abdur Rahman bin Faisal – a namesake of his great grandfather, – to name some of the Shah Faisal Siblings.

Sept.6 (6/11) had been a historic defence day for Pakistan with refences to ’65 War. Which is before 9/11. Since then, the whole globe has been held hostage to the terrorism.

General Zia ul Haq played a lead role, against USSR, in Afghanistan theatre. Although, it is not usually mentioned in the local dispatches, but Ghazi Zia ul Haq Shaheed had performed in a rehearsal at Ramtha sector, where four thousand Palistinean Fidayeen had invaded Jordon, wayback, on Sept. 6,1970.

However, knowledgeable quarters of this era, almost unanimously believe, that USSR collapsed from within, because of the Oil War.

It is on record that Soviet Union was exporting to a captive market, two million barrels per day, till 1985. Soviet oil production was larger than the Saudi production then, – by a factor of three!

Saudi Aramco, had much lower production costs. They flooded the world with oil at a price, below the cost of production and conduction of the Soviet oil supply!!!

And thus USSR imploded from within, economically!

KGB had caused the drastic latent dissent.

Mikhail Grobachev tolrated its national explosion.

Zia ul Haq’s Afghan expedition too was primarily sponsored by Saudi funding and logistics – inspite of their lower profits from oil revenues.

You folks’ guess is better than mine, as to who made the crucial Oil War decision for Saudi Arabia. Of Course, it happened during King Fahd’s reign and Crown Prince Abdullah’s rule.

P.S     Before the collapse of USSR, this scribe had filed a forecast from Moscow. It was published in The Muslim Islamabad and was syndicated in an Lahore based Urdu Daily by Editor Zia Shahid.