Kashoggi

[Jolene Benoir]

Well, the name and family of Khashoggi is for sure not unknown. Adnan Khashoggi was a world famous and very rich, somewhat shady arms dealer.

Whatever he was guilty of, and I know that he wasn't exactly a sympathetic character. do we want to support assassinations, by governments, as a rule?

At some point in the not-too-far future, I'm going to be talking with young'uns and explaining that, "In my day, we just used to send a drone after them."

 

[Sid]

The Saudis are preparing a report that will acknowledge that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death was the result of an interrogation that went wrong, one that was intended to lead to his abduction from Turkey, according to two sources.

CNN

 

[Cristiano]

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

Well, the name and family of Khashoggi is for sure not unknown. Adnan Khashoggi was a world famous and very rich, somewhat shady arms dealer.

When I first heard the name Jamal Kahshoggi, I wondered if he was related to Adnan of Iran-Contra fame and he is (nephew). He's also cousin to Dodi Fayed.

 

[Pamela]

<sets timer for how many minutes Congress stays outraged by the Saudis.>

 

[Lori Claremont]

<sets timer for how many minutes Congress stays outraged by the Saudis.>

Off by an order of magnitude I think, set it for the number of seconds...

 

[Jolene Benoir]

<sets timer for how many minutes Congress stays outraged by the Saudis.>

Yeah, nothing whatsoever is going to come of this.

 

[Ellie]

Now this
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham slammed Saudi Arabia’s crown prince as a “wrecking ball” and “toxic” figure who he said was directly responsible for the disappearance and possible killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. “I’ve been their biggest defender on the floor of the United States Senate,” Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said of the Saudi leadership on “Fox and Friends” on Tuesday. “This guy is a wrecking ball. Nothing happens in Saudi Arabia without MBS knowing it,” he added, using an acronym for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

L.G. also called for the removal of MBS...wow, wonder what game U.S. politicians are playing now? Or has MBS served his purpose & is on the way out, helped by the convenient but ultimately in public at least disproved of removal of a state 'enemy' and compliant U.S. gov?

ETA Luminol their asses!

 

[Pamela]

Revolting hearing exactly how they dismembered him, starting with fingers while he was alive. And the POTUS colluding with the Saudis to come up with some bogus story about rogue assassins. And sends Pompeo to suck up to them.

I guess the base is fine with it, and that’s all that matters.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Ellie]

Attempt to discredit Khashoggi by Rethugricans.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/19/politics/conservatives-jamal-khashoggi-donald-trump/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=image&utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2018-10-19T15:29:06

Donald Rump Jr. last week retweeted an unsubstantiated claim insinuating Khashoggi is a terrorist sympathizer.

Of course as a jurno he interviewed these ppl.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

<sets timer for how many minutes Congress stays outraged by the Saudis.>

When did they start?

 

[Ava Glasgow]

FFS, the Saudis are now claiming he got into a fistfight and was accidentally killed.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I'd call 15 on one a gang beating rather than a fist fight.

 

[Free]

FFS, the Saudis are now claiming he got into a fistfight and was accidentally killed.

Was the dismemberment also an accident?

 

[detrius]

Was the dismemberment also an accident?

They're probably going to claim that was just the result of an unfortunate woodchipper placement.

 

[Pamela]

One of the Saudis had carried a bone saw into the consulate. So, no, it was not an impromptu fist fight.

The horrifying thing is that the POTUS was laughing at a rally, saying that the congressman who attacked a journalist was his kind of guy.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

I originally thought there was a good chance someone was framing the Saudi's since surely they'd not be stupid enough to do this in their own consulate, right? This was either going to be an absurd abduction, or an okay setup. ...I guess it was the former.

And yeah, we'll do nothing about it. If Saudi Arabia had a tiny economy, we'd have sanctioned the shit out of them already.

 

[Isabeau]

Saudis’ Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider

''Online attackers who targeted Jamal Khashoggi were part of a broad effort ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his close advisers to silence Saudi critics. ''

The killing by Saudi agents of Mr. Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post, has focused the world’s attention on the kingdom’s intimidation campaign against influential voices raising questions about the darker side of the crown prince. The young royal has tightened his grip on the kingdom while presenting himself in Western capitals as the man to reform the hidebound Saudi state.

This portrait of the kingdom’s image management crusade is based on interviews with seven people involved in those efforts or briefed on them; activists and experts who have studied them; and American and Saudi officials, along with messages seen by The New York Times that described the inner workings of the troll farm.

....

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Saudis’ Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider

''Online attackers who targeted Jamal Khashoggi were part of a broad effort ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his close advisers to silence Saudi critics. ''

Not seeing much difference between this and Mexican drug gangs killing bloggers.