[8] The protests became much more intense following the establishment of Israel in 1948 and the recognition of the state by the U.S., which had close ties with Saudi Arabia.

[5][9] At the end of the same year and in the early days of 1954 Al Saeed and other strike leaders formed the National Reform Front.

[4] Following the riots in 1956, Al Saeed left Saudi Arabia and settled in Damascus, Syria, where he established the Nasserist Union of People of the Arabian Peninsula (ittihad sha'b al-jazira al-'arabiyya) in 1959[6][10] which was renamed as the Union of the Sons of the Arabian Peninsula.

[14] Ghassan Salamé remarks that Tarikh Al Sa'ud is not objective and lacks the necessary evidence to support its strong claims against the Saudi royal family.

[2] Just before his kidnapping in an interview with Ad Dustur Al Saeed praised those who seized Great Mosque in Mecca in November 1979.

[16] He added that each revolutionary Muslim had a right to capture the Ka'ba as Muhammad did in order to satisfy his conscience.

[2][10] Based on the Arab media reports Ghassan Salamé states that Al Saeed was executed immediately after he was brought to Saudi Arabia.