News Desk
Today (Thursday, June 6) marks the second anniversary of the death of internationally renowned arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi.
First in line to mourn his passing is Dr. Moosa Bin Shamsher whose friendship with the arms trading icon extends almost three decades. Together they were invincible and unlike any arms dealers known before. They revolutionized the very essence of arms trading.
Together they helped build the
Khashoggi and Shamsher were a formidable team to be feared, appreciated and applauded. Their private intelligence network would put Russia’s KGB and America’s CIA to shame – and often did. Perhaps their greatest achievement was in the 1980s. They foiled an Israeli nuclear attack on the three most holy Islamic sites in Saudi Arabia – Jeddah, Medina and Makkah – and prevented an Islamic war that would have crippled both the Jewish and Islamic religions.
Other than Khashoggi and Shamsher, only Saudi King Fahd, his brother Defence Minister Prince Sultan, President Saddam Hossain, President Hafez Al Asad and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were privy to the details.
Fearful of igniting uprisings that would trigger a bloody war, it was decided among themselves to keep everything hush-hush and away from the public eye.
Within Saudi royal family circles, Khashoggi died a hero’s death and special prayers services in his honour are being offered today.
While Dr. Prince Moosa Bin Shamsher, the Arab royal families and other people who intimately knew him to mourn his great loss, the irony is that millions of people throughout Bangladesh will have reason to celebrate.
That is not being disrespectful it’s a fact. His death is going to make it possible for millions of Bangladeshis to enjoy better living standards.
This will be achieved through his friend Dr. Moosa Bin Shamsher, to whom Adnan left 20-BILLION Euros in his will.
The sole Bangladeshi trillionaire is planning to donate billions of Euros to enrich the lives of the poor and to build a 1,000-bed hospital on par with the best available in the world.
“For the first time in the history of Bangladesh, there will not be a need to go overseas for the best medical treatment, it will available here on our own doorstep and at a considerably lower cost,” a spokesman said.
Adnan Khashoggi was 81 when he died.