Saudi journalist Khashoggi seen going into Saudi consulate...and never came out

[Roland99]

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1. This is causing major outrage amongst the Turks while the Saudis just shrug it off...

Bad enough they kidnap their journalists and protesters from the UAE and other Arab countries, but now they're into messing around with NATO and the EU.

[JI7]

2. they have Trump on their side now

[Roland99]

3. Turkey concludes Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed by 'murder' team, sources say

Turkey concludes Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed by ‘murder’ team, sources say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/middle_east/turkey-concludes-saudi-journalist-khashoggi-killed-by-murder-team-sources-say/2018/10/06/31ee4f86-c8d9-11e8-9c0f-2ffaf6d422aa_story.html

Turkey has concluded that Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent journalist from Saudi Arabia, was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last week by a Saudi team sent “specifically for the murder,” two people with knowledge of the probe said Saturday.

Turkish investigators believe a 15-member team “came from Saudi Arabia. It was a preplanned murder,” said one of the people. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation.

They offered no specific evidence to back up the account. Earlier Saturday, however, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency said the Istanbul public prosecutor’s office had opened a probe into Khashoggi’s disappearance. Turkish authorities have said that Khashoggi never left the consulate.


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“I would like to confirm that .?.?. Jamal is not at the consulate nor in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the consulate and the embassy are working to search for him,” the consul-general, Mohammed al-Otaibi, was quoted as saying.

[Roland99]

4. Saudis lying about surveillance tapes...

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5. Images surface of Saudis allegedly sent to target journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Images surface of Saudis allegedly sent to target journalist Jamal Khashoggi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-saudi-journalist-jamal-khashoggi-20181010-story.html

Turkish media published images Wednesday of an alleged 15-member Saudi "assassination squad" and video of suspicious movements at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul following journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance a week ago, putting new pressure on the kingdom amid growing international concern for the writer.

Saudi Arabia remained silent as the images, though not offering definitive proof about Khashoggi's fate, played across television networks in Turkey and around the world. Turkish officials fear the team killed Khashoggi, who wrote critically of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The kingdom dismisses the allegation as "baseless."

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Turkey's private NTV news channel identified one member of the alleged 15-member team as the head of a Saudi forensic science agency. It alleged he may have been responsible for cleaning up any incriminating evidence. The station did not cite a source for its report.

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6. US intelligence says Saudi crown prince ordered detention of journalist: report

US intelligence says Saudi crown prince ordered detention of journalist: report
https://thehill.com/media/410885-us-intelligence-says-saudi-crown-prince-ordered-detention-of-journalist?amp&__twitter_impression=true

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman ordered an operation to detain missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi after luring him back to Saudi Arabia, U.S. intelligence revealed, according to The Washington Post.

U.S. officials speaking on the condition of anonymity told The Post that Salman and other Saudi officials tried to get Khashoggi to return to Saudi Arabia, where he is from, with offers of government employment and protection.

The officials said the intelligence further ties the Saudi government to Khashoggi's disappearance at a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

Turkish police have said that Khashoggi was likely killed by a Saudi security team when he visited the consulate last week.

[Roland99]

9. And now they will try to distance MBS from this

https://cnn.it/2CJ8UO8

[Roland99]

7. BREAKING: "Saudi journalist Khashoggi was killed within two hours of his arrival at the consulate

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8. Turks tell U.S. officials they have audio and video recordings that support conclusion Khashoggi was

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/turks-tell-us-officials-they-have-audio-and-video-recordings-that-support-conclusion-khashoggi-was-killed/2018/10/11/119a119e-cd88-11e8-920f-dd52e1ae4570_story.html

The recordings show that a Saudi security team detained Khashoggi in the consulate after he walked in Oct. 2 to obtain an official document before his upcoming wedding, then killed him and dismembered his body, the officials said.

The audio recording in particular provides some of the most persuasive and gruesome evidence that the Saudi team is responsible for Khashoggi’s death, the officials said.

“The voice recording from inside the embassy lays out what happened to Jamal after he entered,” said one person with knowledge of the recording who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss highly sensitive intelligence.

“You can hear his voice and the voices of men speaking Arabic,” this person said. “You can hear how he was interrogated, tortured and then murdered.”

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