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The Grand Turk
Turkey Wants 18 Saudis Extradited over Khashoggi Murder
2018-10-27
[An Nahar] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor....
on Friday said it wanted 18 Saudis extradited over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
said Ankara still had more evidence to reveal in the case.

The announcement came a day after the Saudi prosecutor said that based on evidence supplied by Turkey the murder appeared to have been premeditated -- the first time Saudi authorities had made such an admission.

In a speech in Ankara, Erdogan said Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
's chief prosecutor would visit Istanbul on Sunday to speak to Ottoman Turkish authorities as part of the investigation.

Saudi authorities earlier jugged
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
18 men wanted by Ankara following an international furore over the death of Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor and critic of Saudi policies, who was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2.

The killing has tainted the image of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
...Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016....
, who has positioned himself as a Saudi reformer, and tested ties between Washington and Riyadh as Western powers demand answers over Khashoggi's death.

A written request for the extradition of the 18 suspects had been prepared by Istanbul's chief prosecutor.

"It is clear that the judicial system in Turkey is better equipped to genuinely serve the cause of justice in this case," a senior Ottoman Turkish official said, because Khashoggi was "murdered in Turkey by Saudi nationals who traveled to Turkey for this specific purpose".

Erdogan on Friday called on Riyadh to reveal who ordered the killing and the whereabouts of Khashoggi's body.

"You need to show this body," Erdogan said.

The Ottoman Turkish president, who has stopped short of directly blaming the Saudi government, said that the 18 suspects must know who killed Khashoggi and repeated his call for the men to be tried in Turkey.

Posted by:Fred

#3  And now we know what Erdogan wanted out of this. Hostages and high-level intelligence operatives.

Saudi will most likely tell them to DIAF.
Posted by: Charles   2018-10-27 11:49  

#2  Want to find the body? Check the kabob shop.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2018-10-27 10:38  

#1  If it occurred in the Embassy, it's on foreign soil, and thus out of jurisdiction. Not applicable in Tehran which doesn't recognize embassies as foreign soil.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-10-27 08:37  

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