Posted on 10/21/2018 2:26:16 PM PDT by reaganaut1
Nineteen days after Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, the Saudi regime has at last acknowledged the obvious, that Khashoggi is dead. After first insisting that he had left the consulate of his own accord despite video evidence to the contrary, and then slamming the allegations of his murder as baseless and threatening oil sanctions against those claiming otherwise, the kingdom has finally settled on its official story: Khashoggi was inadvertently killed inside the consulate during a fistfight that just happened to break out in the midst of an otherwise standard meeting with Saudi intelligence officials. The regime has made a show of dismissing and arresting several officials it says were rogues, and attributes responsibility for the killing to them only.
As alibis go, this barely qualifies. It is a wildly implausible story clearly designed to absolve Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of responsibility of the murder and therefore leave open the way for continued close relations with the United States. President Trump and Secretary of State Pompeo seem inclined to suspend disbelief, which would be a serious mistake. The situation demands a tougher, less credulous approach.
The Saudi explanation has changed enough times to give the impression that the kingdom was trying on different hats to see which might fit. There is convincing evidence that Khashoggis killing was the result of a premeditated operation carried out with bin Salmans support. Turkish intelligence has alluded to a recording of the killing not released to the public, but thanks to video surveillance, the world knows for certain that a group of Saudi musclemen flew into Istanbul and entered the consulate hours before Khashoggi arrived.
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Ah, yeah, of course.
I don’t understand why the media does not understand no one cares about Saudis killing one of their own overseas. That’s what they do, Get used to it and move on to real news that impacts the national security interest of the US. I do like the Saudi royalty storyline though that a fistfight broke out. But it looks like some brought a bonecutter to the fistfight. lol
If people keep screwing around with this the UN will end up writing a letter. And you what that means.
At least he died doing what he loved.
Arab killing an Arab.
They do that every day, have been for a thousand years.
Just because this one was getting paid by both sides they want us to care.
Nope.
Your reply makes no sense in 2018. What does make sense in 2018 is that 18 people were photographed entering a restricted area on “Saudi soil”, got into a fist fight, with the 1 guy losing the fight after a valiant battle. Then the 18 guys cut up the body, put it in 18 Valise bags and haul it away to throw to the sharks off of Australian coastland. Oh, I forgot that they gave him a pain killer before cutting him up. Then these 18 guys are arrested, probably after confessing to a Catholic Priest in the Vatican, on Sunday, and felt the healing power of Jesus.
In 2017, the guy dies of a result of a mugging while in a restroom at a chi chi Turkish club, and no one is the wiser.
If I recall, we sent the weapons to Iraq not Iran
The thinking being we needed to get those a holes fighting each other in a detente to create a stalemate
Americans do not care about a Saudi reporter for the Washington Compost getting killed in Turkey within the Saudi embassy. Americans do not care. Americans do not care. Americans want to get along with the Saudis. Americans do not want a war with Saudi Arabia.
I have been told multiple times that if an Arab is talking to me, I should assume he/she is lying. So which Arab to believe?????? It’s kind of like figuring out which reporter is telling the truth. Or which politician. Better to assume they are all lying.
I believe that most of the 9/11 terrorists were Egyptians traveling under Saudi passports. In the mid east it is easier to get US visas if you hold a passport from Saudi Arabia. The Saudis will issue passports to any Arab that applies.
I can find nothing that supports your statement. Everything comes up that 15 of them were Saudi Arabian.
This is like a mob hit. A bad guy is dead. Killed by some other bad guys. Other than that, yawn...
[I can find nothing that supports your statement. Everything comes up that 15 of them were Saudi Arabian.]
All countries have all kinds of grievances against just about every nationality under the sun. Only ordinary Saudis have taken up arms to kill thousands of people from a country that has done nothing against either the Saudi government or its people.
The ancient solution would have been to kill every single person associated with the hijackers, ranging from family members to friends to imams - to literally extinguish any memory of their clans from anywhere except the history books. Our civilized mores don’t allow for this type of reprisal. That is why we remain embroiled in Afghanistan.
Weirdly enough, American popular anger over 9/11 has now been channeled towards the killing of a Muslim Brotherhood journo. This is the weirdest transmogrification I have ever seen. This just goes to show how corrupt and insane the media is.
You post this crap, then don't respond to a single post...
One Egyptian....Atta
Fifteen Saudi nationals
One Lebanese
Two United Arab Emirates
All born in respective nations
Median age 23.7
Incredible that last factoid
Thanks for the clarification.
I didnt know either your post piqued my curiosity
Their youth surprised me
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