Newly Declassified U.S. Report Holds Saudi Crown Prince Responsible for Khashoggi Killing

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The release of the report by the Biden administration was a sign that the new president will try to isolate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

 

WASHINGTON — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia approved the plan for operatives to assassinate the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to a previously classified intelligence report released on Friday by the Biden administration.

Much of the evidence the C.I.A. used to draw its conclusion remains classified, including details from recordings of Mr. Khashoggi’s killing and dismemberment at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul that were obtained by Turkish intelligence. But the report does outline who carried out the killing, describe what Prince Mohammed knew about the operation and lay out how the C.I.A. concluded that he ordered it and bears responsibility for the death of Mr. Khashoggi.

The release of the report also signaled that President Biden, unlike his predecessor, would not set aside the killing of Mr. Khashoggi and that the Biden administration intended to attempt to isolate the crown prince, although it will avoid any measures that would threaten to break ties to the kingdom.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/us/politics/jamal-khashoggi-killing-cia-report.html

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Reuters reports that the Whitehouse is considering restrictions on "offensive" weapons sales to the kingdom. 

[TBoneTX 43,019]

The King was the chief suspect all along.  Now let's isolate a comparatively noninimical ally and cozy up even further to Iran.

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translation:  higher gas prices, thanks a lot.

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In other breaking news the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor 

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4 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

In other breaking news the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor 

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4 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

The King was the chief suspect all along.  Now let's isolate a comparatively noninimical ally and cozy up even further to Iran.

The crown prince, the king is still around

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41 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

The crown prince, the king is still around

Yeah, who is running the country?

42 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

Exactly what popped into my mind when reading NBs comment.

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1 hour ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

In other breaking news the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor 

 

  Good thing Trump wasn't president then, or we might still be trying to figure out who attacked pearl harbor without implicating our good friend Hirohito.

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29 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  Good thing Trump wasn't president then, or we might still be trying to figure out who attacked pearl harbor without implicating our good friend Hirohito.

Maybe we could be friends with the emperor, would that be a bad thing?

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1 hour ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  Good thing Trump wasn't president then, or we might still be trying to figure out who attacked pearl harbor without implicating our good friend Hirohito.

or cnn

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17 hours ago, CanAm1980 said:

Maybe we could be friends with the emperor, would that be a bad thing?

Isn’t Old Joe and his family in bed with Xi?

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No doubt if they dig deep enough it will be the liberals who are responsible. 

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On 2/26/2021 at 2:09 PM, CanAm1980 said:

The release of the report by the Biden administration was a sign that the new president will try to isolate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

 

WASHINGTON — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia approved the plan for operatives to assassinate the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to a previously classified intelligence report released on Friday by the Biden administration.

Much of the evidence the C.I.A. used to draw its conclusion remains classified, including details from recordings of Mr. Khashoggi’s killing and dismemberment at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul that were obtained by Turkish intelligence. But the report does outline who carried out the killing, describe what Prince Mohammed knew about the operation and lay out how the C.I.A. concluded that he ordered it and bears responsibility for the death of Mr. Khashoggi.

The release of the report also signaled that President Biden, unlike his predecessor, would not set aside the killing of Mr. Khashoggi and that the Biden administration intended to attempt to isolate the crown prince, although it will avoid any measures that would threaten to break ties to the kingdom.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/us/politics/jamal-khashoggi-killing-cia-report.html

For anyone that knows anything about the KSA this is nothing new

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1 hour ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

For anyone that knows anything about the KSA this is nothing new

And yet this information was sequestered under the last administration.