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Yemen's revolution, which evolved into a cold war between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, led to increased power for the Free Princes, which did not call for the complete overthrow of the Saudi monarchy but simply major democratic reforms. In September 1962 Egyptian, Syrian, and Yemeni radio stations openly
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In the late 1961, King Saud began to lose considerable support in the House of Saud. Ironically, he increasingly became dependent on the few Nasserite nationalists in his Cabinet. Saud reconciled with Faisal under Faisal's precondition to remove the movement entirely from the Cabinet. The members of
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Talal applauded Nasser after Egypt's successful long-range missile tests. Even after Nasser called for the overthrow of the Al Saud in Saudi Arabia by stating "to liberate all Jerusalem, the Arab peoples must first liberate Riyadh", Talal went to Cairo to meet Egypt's military brass. Talal's
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However, in December 1960, Talal's supporters formed a coalition with Saud to undermine Faisal's growing influence. Saud promoted Talal from minister of transport to minister of finance. But in a turn of events, the movement began to support many of Crown Prince Faisal's reforms.
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In August 1963, Talal declared that he was "entirely wrong" in the past and praised Faisal's reforms. By early 1964, the Free Princes returned from exile in
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encouraged Saudis to rebel against their "corrupt" and "reactionary" monarchy and for its supplanting with members of the Free Princes.
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including the Free Princes. That was one reason that the Free Princes became increasingly embittered with Nasser.
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Mordechai Abir (April 1987). "The Consolidation of the Ruling Class and the New Elites in Saudi Arabia".
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supporters (Prince Fawwaz, Prince Badr, and a cousin, Saad bin Fahd) also self-exiled to Cairo.
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Prince Talal suggested the creation of a national council in 1958. The group drafted its own
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and Crown Prince Faisal repudiated its reforms initially. It was also attacked as "crypto-
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Soon, Radio Yemen (an Egyptian-controlled organ) called for the assassination of the
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The Darker Nations- A Biography of the Short-Lived Third World
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that existed from 1958 to 1964. Its members were known as the
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Saudi Arabia: Government, Society, and the Gulf Crisis
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In May 1960, Prince Talal told the Egyptian newspaper
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Index

Ideology
Constitutional monarchy
Democratic reform
Liberal democracy
Politics of Saudi Arabia
Political parties
Elections
Arabic
Saudi
liberal
political movement
Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Crown Prince Faisal
King Saud
Gamal Abdel Nasser
pan-Arab nationalism
constitution
liberal
middle class
Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz
Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz
Majid bin Abdulaziz
Badr bin Abdulaziz
Prince Abdul Muhsin
cadet branches
House of Saud
Abdullah Tariki
Lebanon
constitution
cabinet

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