Marco Rubio: Mnuchin should not visit Saudi Arabia amid search for missing journalist

CNN ^ | October 14, 2018 | Devan Cole and Laura Smith-Spark

[Blennos]

There is apparently audio - if not video of it.

Do you know of a link to this?

[patriotfury]

Of course, if the Saudi government eliminated an anti-American/anti-Israel/anti-Saudi member of the Muslim Brotherhood, who enjoyed the sport of damaging America and helping the cause of Russia and the Shia Cresent while working for the Washington Post, maybe we should give the Saudis a bonus!

[xzins]

Have your read this?

https://www.theepochtimes.com/journalists-hid-identity-of-key-source-as-they-spread-their-khashoggi-disappearance-narrative_2688563.html

[nikos1121]

I voted!!!!!!!! Early in Georgia. Long lines!!!!

[bgill]

Why? Khashoggi is none of our concern. The Saudis may have done the world a favor.

[conservative98]

Please stop it. Stop talking. Go home, get in the foam bath. Stop talking.

[ek_hornbeck]

Rubio offers much advice for a man who doesn’t matter

Rubio is trying very hard (and failing) to be the Senate's next McCain. It's really a shame that someone with a little more substance couldn't win the Republican Senate primaries in Florida, so once again we're stuck with this puffed-up lightweight.

[Bratch]

Ratcliffe Discusses Sketchy Turkish Story Surrounding Jamal Khashoggi Disappearance…

Posted on October 14, 2018 by sundance

Everything surrounding the “disappearance”, perhaps “murder”, of Saudi critic/journalist Jamal Khashoggi screams manufactured geopolitical propaganda.  All current narrative indications are pushing in one direction. Here are the warning flags:

♦Flag #1 – Jamal Khashoggi in self-exile, worked for The Washington Post, and was hiding behind ‘residency’ in the U.S. WaPo is a notorious left-wing intelligence propaganda outlet for the most politicized elements within the U.S. intelligence apparatus.

♦Flag #2 – Turkey (Recep Erdogan) pushing the narrative.  Erdogan is a notorious liar when it comes to his interests, and a master manipulator. Turkey/Erdogan is the most openly staunch supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and has a self-interest in distracting/deflecting U.S. economic pressure from their ongoing relationship with Iran.

♦Flag #3 – Saudi Arabia [Mohamed Bin Salman (MbS)] has been instituting political and cultural reforms that are antithetical to the advanced objectives of the Muslim Brotherhood, Recep Erdogan (wants new Ottoman Empire), and extreme Islam.

♦Flag #4 –  The voices behind the U.S. push to promote the Jamal Khashoggi story are all aligned in one purposeful and ideological direction.  Former Obama officials including: John Brennan, Samantha Power, Valerie Jarrett et al, are all pushing the story in a transparent effort to create division between the U.S. and KSA and by extension benefit their Muslim Brotherhood and Iranian allies.

♦Flag #5 – The left-wing, highly political, intelligence apparatus – and all DC interests are joined by the notorious right-wing members of the UniParty war machine. [Rubio, Sasse, Flake, Schumer, Menendez, et al] Together with the exact same left-wing media voices (right and left), and all the political ‘think-tanks’, who advance the DC drumbeat.  Yes, the gang is all back together again in their high-brow pontification of ‘muh values‘.

♦Flag #6 – The story is being pushed into U.S. media outlets by a notorious Muslim Brotherhood mouthpiece, Khaled Saffuri:

[I]n the past 24 hours we now have a glimpse of exactly who is feeding the establishment media reporting on the Khashoggi matter — including at least one source who was tied to a joint Libyan intelligence and al-Qaeda plot to assassinate the Saudi crown prince.

Khaled Saffuri is the protege of al-Qaeda fundraiser Abdurahman Alamoudi, who is currently serving a 17-year sentence in federal prison for his role as bagman for the Libyan/Al-Qaeda assassination plot.  (read more)

Saudi Arabia issues warning after US threats over columnist

 

[elpadre]

If it is, indeed, as being reported then we should offer condolences and seek facts. However, in that part of the world there is always another mysterious story to go along with the “official” account. It is never as it appears. Let’s wait until the real facts emerge, hopefully they will!

[bert]

Erdrogen = DiFi

There was no murder in the Saudi consulate
There was no attempted rape at an unknown location on an unknown date

[Clutch Martin]

A spy? A double agent? Or was he being courted buy a Turkish spy? There is a lot of things that we can only postulate on and theorize. But one thing is known the Saudis determined at the embassy that this person was a threat to their National Security and they dealt with it as Saudis deal with many things that are Criminal.

[Mollypitcher1]

This old school thinking of not talking to someone until they do what you want them to do is so child like......and unproductive.
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Rubio is childlike and unproductive and I wish there were an alternative. He is a classic case of having to vote for the lesser or two evils.

[Magnum44]

This old school thinking of not talking to someone until they do what you want them to do is so child like......and unproductive

I don't believe in negotiating with bad actors, but any successful leader will tell you communications is key to problem solving. Trump gets it.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Most of the Senate are still Bush League Republicans hell bent on turning the USA into North Mexico.

Flake, Corker, Hatch, Heller, Alexander, Graham, McCain, Murkowsky, Hoeven, Rubio, Tillis, Burr, Lankford, Gardner, Cornyn, Cochran, Collins, Sasse, Kennedy, Shelby, Ernst, Blunt, McConnell, Wicker, Portman, Isakson, Johnson, Toomey, Rounds, Thune, Gaines, Barasso and Enzi are all Bush League Republicans.

[ptsal]

Will the fingerprints of Brennan or Kerry be found during the investigation?

This sure looks like a spook-driven story for the daily spinmeisters.

[elpadre]

If sleaze is a factor in the ME look for the Muslim Brotherhood and their brothers and sisters in the US. They were all over the Obama administration.

[RitchieAprile]

The story smells strongly of BS.

The guy is almost certainly at room temperature and in pieces. He hasn’t come home, or been spotted on the street.
I’m sure that he would otherwise be back at work doing whatever it is that he does for a living otherwise.

I don’t really care one way or the other except that is declasse for governments to off troublesome journalists on diplomatic premises. The hit was handled badly. MBS needs to watch more Sopranos episodes to tighten up his technique.

[xzins]

Is bin Laden dead? How do you know that you know?

[falcon99]

Come on Florida, you can do better than this lying, spineless little POS.

[Krosan]

MBS is just 33. Maybe his youth is behind his reckless behavior.