I trust nothing Turkey says.
So, at this point I’m still more inclined to believe Saudi Arabia.
And since the source is CNN, there is no credibility to this, and plenty of axegrinding / agenda / shilling.
Hey, TF, you are better versed on this stuff than most FReepers, including myself:
1) Agreed, it’s not saying much, but SA still has more credence than the Turks.
2) That said, if as suggested on FR and elsewhere that maybe SA had a legit reason, as they saw it, to take out Khashoggi, why do they not simply say so? Or, they could fabricate a reason. (As also noted on this thread, we have droned thousands: The explanation each time that the departed was a terrorist, happened to be in the same room as the target terrorist, etc., generally seems to be sufficient.) Ok, yeah, this guy was a “journalist” opposed to MBS, but how many of such, with suspect “friends”, no less, are out there dissing the Prince, fomenting trouble, etc.? Quite a few, I’ll wager. Have any others been killed?
3) MSB’s usual moves against opponents don’t seem to involve sending a large squad to chop them up. Ye, I know it’s the ME, but I keep thinking “Somebody must have really, REALLY wanted Khashoggi dead.” But (going back to “2” above), no one says why —this in a culture where most any reason is often sufficient.
I keep thinking there is something more to all this that we don’t know...