[ by Charles Cameron — always amazed at the way “end times” considerations find their way into so many areas of geopolitics ]
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One can take the line De mortuis nihil nisi bonum.. which I rconfess I like..

Obituary: Saudi King Abdullah, seen as a reformer & vocal advocate of peace in Middle East http://t.co/UtA2v9wurO pic.twitter.com/lyrvoNGX16

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) January 22, 2015

One can take the line Veritas vos liberabit.. which I also favor, as does the CIA..

#Saudi King Abdullah dies. He leaves a dreadful human rights legacy. http://t.co/LO1cVkZB1N pic.twitter.com/kEHl8OUB7t

— Patrick Corrigan (@PatrickCorrigan) January 22, 2015

But as one might have guessed, my own final preference goes to omnium autem finis adpropinquavit..

my piece in @AlMonitor Some Shiites believe that the #Saudi king's death will signal the beginning of the end-times http://t.co/VJ7a9z6S6w

— Rohollah Faghihi (@FaghihiRohollah) January 22, 2015

Now there‘s a surprise!

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I hope to look into this third, specifically Mahdist interpretation of King Abdullah‘s death in a bit more detail in a subsequent post.