Wikileaks - SUBJECT: UNDERGROUND PARTY SCENE IN JEDDAH: SAUDI YOUTH FROLIC UNDER “PRINCELY PROTECTION”. Of Course the American educated princes favor the pagan Halloween.
“Alcohol, though strictly prohibited by Saudi law and custom, was plentiful at the party’s well-stocked bar, well-patronized by Halloween revellers. The hired Filipino bartenders served a cocktail punch using “sadiqi,” a locally-made “moonshine.” While top-shelf liquor bottles were on display throughout the bar area, the original contents were reportedly already consumed and replaced by sadiqi. On the black market, a bottle of Smirnoff can cost 1,500 riyals when available, compared to 100 riyals for the locally-made vodka. It was also learned through word-of-mouth that a number of the guests were in fact “working girls,” not uncommon for such parties.”
So a bottle of Smirnoff is around $400 in Saudi Arabia. Obama should demand that as part of the free trade agreement the cousins refill all the oil tankers they send other here with the pure Smirnoff vodka. For what the royal debauchery mongers charge us for the slime they found under the dunes, it seems like a reasonable deal. Go Wikileaks! Go vodka!
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