Khashoggi

[firstfloor]

Is M.B.S. a real life evil Dexter?

[Leonhard]

I know about the show Dexter, but what's a Khashoggi and who is M.B.S?

[rogue06]

I know about the show Dexter, but what's a Khashoggi and who is M.B.S?

Jamal Khashoggi is a Saudi Arabian journalist who was last seen entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 2nd. The rumor is that at the behest of the Saudia Arabian crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman (or MBS) he was murdered there, dismembered and his body removed in pieces by 15 different persons.

[Sparko]

Jamal Khashoggi is a Saudi Arabian journalist who was last seen entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 2nd. The rumor is that at the behest of the Saudia Arabian crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman (or MBS) he was murdered there, dismembered and his body removed in pieces by 15 different persons.

That's an awfully specific rumor.

[firstfloor]

Was the consulate bugged? In the recent crisis, Turkey supported Qatar against Saudi Arabia. Oil and money and weapons and wars are in play against justice, as usual.

[firstfloor]

That's an awfully specific rumor.

[firstfloor]

Khashoggi wrote for the Washington Post.

[rogue06]

That's an awfully specific rumor.

It's put out by the Turkish government but the only evidence offered is that cameras trained on the entrances don't show him leaving.

[One Bad Pig]

You might if you want to remove limbs as part of the interrogation process. Khashoggi was a dissident journalist and MBS doesn't take kindly to opposition, which is why he was in Turkey and not SA in the first place. The Saudis are not nice people, and don't play by our rules. It is quite possible a hit squad did take him out. It is also possible that Turkey nabbed him and did him in to make SA look bad.

[JimL]

You might if you want to remove limbs as part of the interrogation process. Khashoggi was a dissident journalist and MBS doesn't take kindly to opposition, which is why he was in Turkey and not SA in the first place. The Saudis are not nice people, and don't play by our rules. It is quite possible a hit squad did take him out. It is also possible that Turkey nabbed him and did him in to make SA look bad.

They may not play by our rules, but they play by Trumps rules. Enemies of the people and all. And now you have Trump defending the Saudi Prince in the same way he defended Putin. "The Prince was very strong in his denial." "It may be that they were rogue murderers said the prince."

[One Bad Pig]

They may not play by our rules, but they play by Trumps rules. Enemies of the people and all. And now you have Trump defending the Saudi Prince in the same way he defended Putin. "The Prince was very strong in his denial." "It may be that they were rogue murderers said the prince."

You would find a way to bring Trump bashing into this. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you're not any better at reading Trump's mind than you are ours - which hasn't stopped you from repeated failure. I don't think Trump should buy what the Saudis are saying; I don't know that he has at this point.

[firstfloor]

Did MBS discount the risks because his pal Trump hates journalists too?
JimL beat me to it!

[JimL]

You would find a way to bring Trump bashing into this. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you're not any better at reading Trump's mind than you are ours - which hasn't stopped you from repeated failure. I don't think Trump should buy what the Saudis are saying; I don't know that he has at this point.

Why would I not bring the defender of tyrants into this, since he is once again defending their murderous ways. All over the world journalist are more and more concerned for their liberty and their lives now that the U.S. is no longer there to defend them against the tyrannous Putins, the Erdogan's, the Duartes and the Saudi Princes of the world.

[JimL]

Did MBS discount the risks because his pal Trump hates journalists too?
JimL beat me to it!

That, and because with Trump there to defend them, they feel they can get away with it.

[rogue06]

Did MBS discount the risks because his pal Trump hates journalists too?
JimL beat me to it!

No he did it because he was inspired by how his buddy Obama took multiple steps to attack and persecute "dissident journalists^[1]". See? Anybody can play this game.










1. Those who failed to pay proper obeisance to the Obamessiah.