HASHEMITE UPDATE: Reader Angie Schultz writes:

King Abdullah is apparently a huge Trekkie, and scored a cameo on Voyager.

Did you know that?

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That’s a couple years old. I don’t remember hearing about it before.

This from WarNow.

Dang it, it’s hard not to trust a tiny Arab king who loves Star Trek.

Well, given Osama’s alleged fondness for Asimov I wouldn’t make too much of that. But it is kind of cool.

Er, and strictly speaking, isn’t it the Kingdom that’s tiny, not the King?