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Imagine knowing your father was brutally murdered, being spied on and banned from leaving the country, and being "invited" to shake the hand of the man behind the cover up.

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If there's any justice, he'll be there when this crown prince is introduced to a guillotine. 

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2 hours ago, Davkaus said:

Imagine knowing your father was brutally murdered, being spied on and banned from leaving the country, and being "invited" to shake the hand of the man behind the cover up.

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If there's any justice, he'll be there when this crown prince is introduced to a guillotine. 

Reminds me of the scene in Gladiator, except the lad shows no sign yet of fighting.

He should get out of the country, find a safe place, and rhen criticise MbS, who I suspect is not long for this world.

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1 hour ago, Demitri_C said:

Anyone noticed how this has slowly disappeared from the news now? Funny that

Deal done between Turkey and Saudi, Turkey shut up, nothing for anyone else to comment on. All put to bed nice and easy

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20 minutes ago, villakram said:

Supposedly the Saudi's have been told to make-up with Qatar... that country with the American fleet and a bunch of lads wearing Turkish military uniforms.

Quid pro quo!

And on a side not FIFA is looking into increasing the number of teams in the 2022 WC in Qatar from 32 to 48 meaning there will be 8.5 places for teams from Asia and a bigger chance for among others the Saudi's to qualify.

The timing is almost too good.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Stern but fair, showing the world that Saudi Arabia will not stand for acts like this.

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Five Saudi officials face death penalty for Khashoggi murder

Five Saudi officials face the death penalty for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was dismembered inside the kingdom's Istanbul consulate, but Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was not involved, the prosecutor said Thursday.

The announcement follows growing international outcry over the killing of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of the Saudi rulers who was last seen entering the consulate on October 2 to obtain paperwork for his marriage.

Khashoggi died after being drugged and then dismembered, a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office said in the first Saudi confirmation of how he was killed.

The journalist's body parts were then handed over to an agent outside the consulate grounds, the spokesman said.

He denied Prince Mohammed had any knowledge of the murder.

The deputy chief of Saudi Arabia's intelligence, General Ahmed al-Assiri, gave the order to repatriate Khashoggi -- and "the head of the negotiating team" that flew to the Istanbul consulate had ordered his murder, the spokesman said.

After repeated denials, Saudi Arabia finally admitted in mid-October that Khashoggi had been murdered at the compound, but blamed it on a "rogue" operation.

The prosecutor has requested the death penalty for the five who "are charged with ordering and committing the crime and for the appropriate sentences for the other indicted individuals," an official statement published by state news agency SPA said.

It said a total of 21 individuals were in custody in connection with the killing, 11 of whom have been indicted with investigations to continue into the others.

Turkey on Wednesday called for an international investigation into the murder.

Ankara has already shared voice recordings linked to the murder with a number of countries including Saudi Arabia, the United States and its Western allies.

- 'Global fallout' -

Khashoggi's killing has plunged the world's top oil exporter into its worst diplomatic crisis since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, in which most of the hijackers were identified as Saudi nationals.

After first insisting Khashoggi left the consulate unharmed, Saudi authorities said he was killed in an argument that degenerated into a brawl before finally accepting what Turkey had said virtually from the start -- that he was killed in a premeditated hit.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the order to murder Khashoggi came from "the highest levels" of the Saudi government.

The global fallout over the murder has tainted the image of 33-year-old Prince Mohammed -- the de facto ruler and heir apparent -- despite persistent Saudi denials that he was involved.

Khashoggi's murder has also led to increased scrutiny of Saudi Arabia's role in the Yemen war, which has pushed the impoverished country to the brink of famine.

The journalist went into self-imposed exile in the United States in 2017 after falling out with Prince Mohammed.

https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/five-saudi-officials-face-death-penalty-khashoggi-murder-doc-1av0t41

And what a relief to learn it was a "rogue operation" that had nothing to do what so ever with Prince Mohammed ?

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6 minutes ago, LondonLax said:

Do we reckon Turkey still has information up their sleeves to be released in due course that ties this to the Prince? 

I imagine some geopolitical deal has been struck and as long as these hold Turkey will have no interest to see justice done.

Knowing Erdogan this might change thou.

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