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DC trolls Saudi embassy by naming street Jamal Khashoggi Way
The Associated Press ^
| June 15, 2022
| By ASHRAF KHALIL
Posted on 06/15/2022 2:59:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — One month ahead of President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia, the District of Columbia is renaming the street in front of the Saudi embassy Jamal Khashoggi Way, trolling Riyadh for its role in the killing of the dissident Saudi activist and journalist in 2018.
With members of the D.C. Council in attendance, a Jamal Khashoggi Way sign was unveiled directly in front of the embassy’s main entrance.
“We intend to remind the people who are hiding behind these doors ... that we hold them responsible and we will hold them accountable for the murder of our friend,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of DAWN, the pro-Arab world democracy organization founded by Khashoggi prior to his death.
Whitson also criticized what she called the “shameless capitulation” of the Biden administration for seeking improved relations with the Saudi government and scheduling an official presidential visit to the kingdom.
The D.C. Council unanimously voted late last year to rename a one-block stretch for Khashoggi. The renaming is ceremonial, as signified by the brown street sign instead of the usual green, and it won’t impact the embassy’s mailing address. But the sign will remain indefinitely. An email to the Saudi Embassy seeking comment did not receive a response.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Whoa… heavy. That’s a pretty forceful response…. for a high school girl,
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posted on
06/15/2022 3:44:39 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: Antioch
Actually reported they named the square “Donetsk People’s Republic Square” and changed the address of the US Embassy..
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posted on
06/15/2022 3:47:10 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Riyadh no likey Muslim Brotherhood or Qatar. Somebody no likey Khashoggi.
I have a feeling he was involved in more than
just writing opinion articles for the Washington Compost.
To: Fiji Hill
Thank you for pointing that out. I’ve come to think that this administration is getting its ideas from China.
To: FLT-bird
Congress needs to take away DC’s ability to govern itself and decertify its federal circuit court.Th. Federal buildings, the embassy row and the national mall should remain federal. Return the rest of the territory to Maryland.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
06/15/2022 3:51:22 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(It's too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy cutting hair.)
To: rhinohunter
Nobody but his mother…… that’s funny!
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posted on
06/15/2022 3:51:56 PM PDT
by
webheart
(I thought I was helping by getting vaccinated but they say I didn’t help at all. )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
This is what the left can do. Write murals people hate, rename streets, graffiti and pull down unguarded statues.
That’s all they can do.
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posted on
06/15/2022 3:55:41 PM PDT
by
Dragonspirit
(CNN is the enemy. Ashli Babbitt is the hero.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Oh SLAM, the Arabs won’t be sleeping tonight. /sarc
To: Oldeconomybuyer
So the embassy can keep stealing the new signs and due to diplomatic immunity, there is not a darned thing the DC government can do about it.
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posted on
06/15/2022 4:09:18 PM PDT
by
XRdsRev
(Justice for Bernell Trammell, Trump supporter, murdered in 2020)
To: Rebelbase
The foreign diplomacy of this administration is unmatched in US history. Yes, for all the wrong reasons.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Wasn’t he MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD??? Same crap as naming George Floyd ‘something’>
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posted on
06/15/2022 4:14:43 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Are the Saudis still demanding Mayor Bowser release Princess Peach?
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posted on
06/15/2022 4:16:04 PM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Will the crime rate go up there, as it has around other streets named by Democrats?
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posted on
06/15/2022 4:21:26 PM PDT
by
familyop
("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Where did all the adults go?
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posted on
06/15/2022 4:22:15 PM PDT
by
Vision
(Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Can you see school children trying to spell or pronounce their address in DC?
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posted on
06/15/2022 4:37:48 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
06/15/2022 4:44:03 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
To: cdcdawg
We are run by a bunch of juvenile, liberal, elementary school teachers.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Violation of the Logan Act.
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posted on
06/15/2022 5:04:31 PM PDT
by
nicollo
(the rule of law is not arbitrary)
To: dforest
If I was MBS, I'd humiliate the senile POS-OTUS in front of the world.
And out his puppetmaster(s) - because you KNOW that The Kingdom has that information.
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posted on
06/15/2022 5:42:34 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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