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Saudi journalist disappears in embassy, believed murdered

Jamal Khashoggi: Britain challenges Saudi Arabia

The UK's foreign secretary has told Saudi Arabia that Britain expects urgent answers over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

In a phone call to Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, Jeremy Hunt warned that "friendships depend on shared values".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45804749
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Jamal Khashoggi: Britain challenges Saudi Arabia

The UK's foreign secretary has told Saudi Arabia that Britain expects urgent answers over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

In a phone call to Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, Jeremy Hunt warned that "friendships depend on shared values".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45804749
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“Friendships depend on being able to turn a blind eye.”
 
There seems to be political instability in Saudi Arabia. Executions have gone up, possibly by beheading, and an economist has been imprisoned for mildly commenting on Saudi economic policies. I don't like the Saudi attitude to Yemen or Qatar, and I do feel Saudi Arabia and Gulf states could have done more to help the plight of the Palestinians if they could have cooperated with each other:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...own-prince-amid-speculation-ASSASSINATED.html
 
Saudi Arabia has been accused in the recent past of bullying Lebanon as well and trying to kidnap and headchop the Lebanese prime minister. This is a bit about the matter which I concede comes from a Russian perspective:

https://www.rt.com/news/411223-saudi-arabia-bully-qatar/

"There is no right for any country to interfere in other countries," al-Thani said earlier in Washington. "There is a pattern that is very risky for the region, and very intimidatory," he added, having called on Saudi Arabia and the UAE to "respect international law."

The Qatari minister warned that Saudi foreign policy could have a "horrific impact," and praised other states' efforts to so far contain the crisis in Lebanon, which triggered new regional tensions. At the beginning of November, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri made a surprise resignation announcement from Saudi Arabia, but later postponed the decision upon his return to Beirut. Hariri's initial announcement had been made under pressure, al-Thani alleged, saying that a "vacuum" in the country would have been "very sensitive for everybody."

Several months ago, his own country was targeted by Saudi Arabia, the minister added, also accusing Riyadh of "a pattern of impulsive leadership." "They don't want to resolve this [diplomatic crisis with Doha], they want our country in submission," he claimed.

READ MORE: Qatari FM on crisis: Doha demonizing campaign ‘groundless & improvised,’ started out of the blue

In June, several countries led by Saudi Arabia severed relations and imposed a blockade on Doha, accusing it of sponsoring terrorism. A list of stringent demands was issued to end the isolation of the state, which included cutting ties with Iran and shutting down Qatar's Al Jazeera news outlet. Doha, which dubbed the blockade "illegal," said such regional policy targeted Qatar's sovereignty.
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Trump says

"Again, this took place in Turkey, and to the best of our knowledge Khashoggi is not a US citizen, is that right? He's a permanent resident, okay... as to whether we should stop $110b from being spent in this country, that would not be acceptable to me."
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump says

"Again, this took place in Turkey, and to the best of our knowledge Khashoggi is not a US citizen, is that right? He's a permanent resident, okay... as to whether we should stop $110b from being spent in this country, that would not be acceptable to me."
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The worlds global cop puts business interests before all else.

As par for the course, imagine howls from Republicans if this was a Democrat response.
 
Turkish investigators' evidence described

The Turkish government has told U.S. officials that it has audio and video recordings that prove Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul this month, according to U.S. and Turkish officials.

The recordings show that a Saudi security team detained Khashoggi in the consulate after he walked in Oct. 2 to obtain an official document before his upcoming wedding, then killed him and dismembered his body, the officials said.

The audio recording in particular provides some of the most persuasive and gruesome evidence that the Saudi team is responsible for Khashoggi’s death, the officials said.

“You can hear his voice and the voices of men speaking Arabic,” this person said. “You can hear how he was interrogated, tortured and then murdered.”

A second person briefed on the recording said men could be heard beating Khashoggi.

The existence of such evidence would explain why Turkish officials were quick to accuse Saudi Arabia of killing Khashoggi. But Turkish officials are wary of releasing the recordings, fearing they could divulge how the Turks spy on foreign entities in their country, the officials said.

It’s not clear that U.S. officials have seen the footage or listened to the audio, but Turkish officials have described their contents to their American counterparts.

The person who was briefed on the audio recording said it shows that after killing Khashoggi, the security team went to the home of the Saudi consul general, where staff were told to go home early. There is evidence of at least one phone call, as well, from inside the consulate, this person said.
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Very interesting, if true.
 
The WaPo clowns just gave it four Pinocchios. People culturally wise enough to know that there's only one Pinocchio with a variable nose length might check up on that claim, it sounds like an "oops we've been caught" kind of thing.

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This is an example of a politician believing his own propaganda. The $110 billion-figure is not real and unlikely to come to fruition – and even if it did, it represents sales far in the future. The president should scale down the use of the number, especially when talking about a diplomatic crisis today. Given that little on the supposed deals has advanced since Trump’s announcement 1 1/2 years ago, we are upping this to Four Pinocchios.
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