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Erdogan says Khashoggi recordings ‘appalling’, shocked Saudi intelligence
[DAWN] President Tayyip Erdogan said recordings related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, which ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has shared with Western allies, are "appalling" and shocked a Saudi intelligence officer who listened to them, Khashoggi, a critic of de facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed in Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate on Oct 2 in a hit which Erdogan says was ordered at the "highest levels" of the Saudi government. Erdogan told news hounds on his plane returning from a weekend visit to France that he discussed the Saudi journalist’s killing with the US, French and German leaders at dinner in Gay Paree. "We played the recordings regarding this murder to everyone who wanted them from us. Our intelligence organization did not hide anything. We played them to all who wanted them including the Saudis, the USA, La Belle France, Canada, Germany, Britannia," he said. "The recordings are really appalling. Indeed, when the Saudi intelligence officer listened to the recordings he was so shocked he said: ’This one must have taken heroin, only someone who takes heroin would do this’," he added. US National Security Adviser John Bolton said he did not think that people who heard the recordings concluded that the crown prince was linked to the killing. "And certainly that is not the position of the Saudi government," he said in Singapore. Asked again if the audio tape provided by Turkey did not link Prince Mohammed to the killing in any way, Bolton said: "I haven’t listened to the tape myself but in the assessment of those who have listened to it, that is right." Posted by: Fred 2018-11-15 |
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