Chapter 283 - 282: The Middle East
He thought he had seen it all, but no... the system darkened... and another web emerged, glowing gold.
The Middle East.
Saudi Arabia’s royal family, the House of Saud, didn’t rise alone. During World War I, British intelligence and military officers... T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, armed and trained them. In exchange? Oil. The real throne beneath the sand.
But this wasn’t just a battlefield alliance.
It was the planting of a dynasty.
The British didn’t merely empower the House of Saud; they molded it, shaping its politics, its structure, even its enemies. They gave it military strategy, religious authority through Wahhabi alignment, and then, most crucial lyn, international legitimacy. The Saudis were not just crowned by their people. They were crowned by empire.
And in return?
Billions flowed into Western banks. Saudi princes became board members in major corporations. From Disney to Boeing, from Uber to Citigroup, their fingerprints were everywhere. Not loudly. Not visibly. But in shareholder reports, in boardroom whispers, in untraceable shell companies scattered across the Cayman Islands, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.
In return, they were protected.
And from whom?
Their own cousins.
Because it wasn’t just Saudi Arabia.