No evidence yet that King Fahd has died, so the previous posting may have to be discounted. One clarification, though: because of their differences, the king's brothers and Abdullah essentially agreed to maintain him on his throne, though they could very well have deposed him, as was done when King Saud was replaced by King Faysal. In not doing so, they were preserving the status quo, much like the Chinese leadership did when Deng Tsio Ping was senile but was still referred to as a paramount leader.