TheAuthority Posted October 17, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2018 On 16/10/2018 at 12:57, VILLAMARV said: Adnan. Uncle to Jamal (and incidentally Dodi Fayed) Normally I wouldn't have a clue but Queen wrote a song about his boat... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_(album)#"Khashoggi's_Ship" OT but the worst Queen album by far. Several terrible tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 haha... I knew you lot wouldn't let me down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chindie Posted October 17, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2018 Fanfare For the Common Man, Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Tommy, and O, Superman. /deepcut *fnarr* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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villakram Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 It appears one of the 15 in the hit squad has died in a "car accident" in Riyadh. Clearly a whole bunch of panicked decision making occurring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 3 hours ago, villakram said: It appears one of the 15 in the hit squad has died in a "car accident" in Riyadh. Clearly a whole bunch of panicked decision making occurring. It's not surprising. Clearly, as the ringleader of an unauthorised operation which was definitely kept secret from MbS, he will have been so consumed with guilt and remorse that it would be impossible to concentrate on driving safely, or crossing the road, or pretty much anything. Accidents will happen, especially with guilty people in a state of extreme distress like that. Well, that should draw a line under the whole unfortunate incident. Let's get back to sending arms, and advisers, and technicians, to help kill a few score more Yemenis. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 That about sums it up. It is the state which most supports and encourages terrorism (closs call with the US, granted), and we feed its terror machine to prevent terrorism? Oh, right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Nothing to see here, move along. Quote Saudi Arabia Delivers $100 Million Pledged to U.S. as Pompeo Lands in Riyadh BEIRUT, Lebanon — This summer, Saudi Arabia promised the Trump administration $100 million for American efforts to stabilize areas in Syria liberated from the Islamic State. That money landed in American accounts on Tuesday, the same day that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, for discussions with the kingdom’s leaders about the fate of a missing Saudi dissident. Securing the funding is a win for President Trump, who has complained about how much the United States spends abroad and has tried to get allies to foot more of the bill. But the timing of the money’s arrival raised eyebrows even among some of the bureaucrats whose programs will benefit from the influx of cash. “The timing of this is no coincidence,” said an American official involved in Syria policy who spoke on condition of anonymity because this person was not authorized to speak to journalists. The official confirmed that the money arrived on Tuesday. The disappearance of the Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, has battered the image of Saudi Arabia and of its powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, a key player in many of the Trump administration’s ambitions for the Middle East. Turkish officials say that Mr. Khashoggi was slain inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by Saudi agents on Oct. 2 while he was trying to secure a document he needed to get married. Saudi leaders have denied harming Mr. Khashoggi, but have not provided a credible explanation of what happened to him. Mr. Trump threatened “severe punishment” if it was confirmed that Saudi Arabia killed Mr. Khashoggi. But after speaking with King Salman of Saudi Arabia on Monday, he suggested that “rogue killers” could have been responsible and dispatched Mr. Pompeo to Riyadh to see the Saudi king. In his strongest language to date over the mystery surrounding the missing journalist, Mr. Trump said in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday: “Here we go again with you’re guilty until proven innocent.” On Monday, a person with knowledge of Saudi Arabia’s plans said the kingdom was planning to blame the killing on rogue elements who did not act on official orders — a scenario that could allow the monarchy to acknowledge Mr. Khashoggi’s death while protecting its leaders from culpability. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-money-syria.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 As the old saying goes: Never bring your fists to a bone saw fight. Especially if you are outnumbered 18 to 1. "he died in a fist fight" That's the story they are going with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chindie Posted October 19, 2018 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted October 19, 2018 No he's not dead, he left! Ok, maybe he is dead, but it was rogue actors, honest. Ok, he is dead, but it was totally an accident. We interrogated him and he died. Complete accident, could happen to anyone. Ok, we killed him. But it was in a fight. Honest. No we absolutely did not intentionally beat him and butcher him alive and try to hide it because we don't like critics and want to send a message to anyone else who might question or defy us. Not at all. And you better believe it because otherwise we'll turn the oil off, stop buying jets from you and further step up the support of independent political religious violence specialists, and who knows what they could do... Sure got a nice country there, be a shame if something happened to it... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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