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Turkish Taffy
2018-10-14
[AmericanThinker] It seems to me the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, last seen in Istanbul, is Erdogan-brand Turkish taffy, a confection of sugary lies made to inflame Americans against the Saudis and aid the far more dangerous to our well-being mullahs of Iran.
(a) Khashoggi was a Muslim Bro
...In the 1970s he joined the Muslim Brotherhood, which exists to rid the Islamic world of western influence. He was a political Islamist until the end, recently praising the Muslim Brotherhood in the Washington Post. He championed the ’moderate’ Islamist opposition in Syria, whose crimes against humanity are a matter of record. Khashoggi frequently sugarcoated his Islamist beliefs with constant references to freedom and democracy. But he never hid that he was in favour of a Muslim Brotherhood arc throughout the Middle East.
(b) The whole case stinks
...like Turkey’s case against the just released American hostage Pastor Andrew Brunson -- is an Erdogan confection of adulterated ingredients. The purported eyewitnesses seem to be liars who, like Khashoggi himself, have ties to the anti-U.S. Moslem Brotherhood and Iran.

...The Turkish police reports keep shifting as the story falls apart. On Twitter, Turkish academic and columnist Emre Uslu contends that in the 650 meters distance between the hotel (where the claimed assassins stayed) and the consulate there are seven security cameras, but for some reason, the police haven't shown any of that camera footage to prove that they actually went to the consulate.

...Not only are the sources of the Khashoggi tale suspect, but also the information they peddle is bizarre. First accounts were that the Turkish government had video and audio proof that Khashoggi was killed and dismembered in the consulate but wouldn’t release them because that would reveal where the cameras and recorders were hidden. Think: Surely if that were the case the Saudis would know from the claim itself where the cameras and recorders had been placed. Later accounts say Khashoggi recorded the proof on his Apple wristwatch synced to a phone outside the building. Whatever "proofs" of this bizarre tale the Turks and Iranian stooges are promoting, we haven’t seen it.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#6  That article fills in a lot of blanks. If true. Mario can shut up.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2018-10-14 21:58  

#5  ðŸ˜Ž
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-10-14 16:54  

#4  I just posted that for tomorrow ;-)
Posted by: Frank G   2018-10-14 16:51  

#3  Spengler: German Press Reveals Saudi Spook Saga Behind Khashoggi Disappearance
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-10-14 16:48  

#2  The whole story is just dumb. He could've just been offed during a "robbery" and it still would've suited the Saudis' purposes if killing the mook and sending a message was the point
Posted by: Frank G   2018-10-14 15:14  

#1  The Turks and Saidi's have appointed a joint commission to investigate and bury.

If the US left wing wants to protest, let them go to the U.N. But little will stop them from the "Trump supports authoritarian regimes!" meme, coming soon to a media outlet near you.



Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2018-10-14 14:23  

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