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CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Khashoggi assassination: Washington Post
2018-11-17
[PRESSTV] The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
...Crown Prince of 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...
as of 2016....

ordered the gruesome murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Arab kingdom’s consulate in the Ottoman Turkish city of Istanbul last month, a report says.

In a report published on Friday, The Washington Post, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, said that the American spy agency had reached the conclusion that the Saudi de facto ruler had ordered the liquidation, contradicting Riyadh’s claims that he was not involved in the killing.

According to the American daily newspaper, to which Khashoggi was a contributing columnist, in conducting its assessment, the CIA examined multiple sources of intelligence, including a phone call that the prince’s brother Khalid bin Salman, the Saudi ambassador to the US, had with the ill-fated journo, telling him to go to the Saudi diplomatic mission and giving him assurances that it would be safe to do so.

But shortly after the report was published, the Saudi ambassador to the US denied in a tweet he had spoken to the slain journalist by phone or had suggested he go to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor....


Posted by:Fred

#3  I'm glad that bin Laden Bro is dead.

The more important question is why was the Washington Post employing the good friend of Osama bin Laden?
Posted by: Pholugum Lumplump7518   2018-11-17 16:20  

#2  Ditto Herb.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-11-17 10:15  

#1  So the CIA concludes that the reformer that is disturbing the deep state's cozy relationship with Saudi Arabia committed a crime that justifies his removal. How convenient for them. Gosh, it's like the whole thing was a frame up to begin with. Always ask who benefits.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2018-11-17 01:03  

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