“On July 22 [2002], Prince Ahmed [bin Salman] dies of an apparent heart attack in Riyadh [Saudi Arabia] at the age of forty-three. He is the first of three prominent Saudis named by [Al Qaeda operations chief Abu] Zubaydah as links between the royal family and Al Qaeda to die that week.”
– Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 305