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The Grand Turk
Erdogan says Khashoggi recordings ‘appalling’, shocked Saudi intelligence
2018-11-15
[DAWN] President Tayyip Erdo­gan said recordings related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, which The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...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, Ottoman Turkish media reported on Tuesday.

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

#3  POT meet KETTLE same,same. ALL BAD!
Posted by: ranture   2018-11-15 13:49  

#2  *Yawn*
Posted by: Frank G   2018-11-15 10:38  

#1  The guy who finds this tape 'appalling' is the same guy who's arrested and jailed tens of thousands of his citizens over the fake coup, right? He must have his own interesting dictionary.
Posted by: Raj   2018-11-15 09:41  

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