New details on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi ... MBS asks Trump: "Why the outrage?"
The stories are now quite wide ranging in the wake of an official admission by the Saudis that Jamal Khashoggi is dead, even if there’s no accounting for the whereabouts of his body.
It’s now harder to maintain that “rogue” operatives committed the murder or that there was some sort of misadventure which would diminish the murderous intention of whomever committed the crime. Even who ordered it has become an object of inquiry not fully explained.
Numerous agendas are at work, notably that of the Turkish government in trying to leverage the crisis, as well as the US government, who may have had advance information about some aspects of the plan to attack Khashoggi.
There's no shortage of implausible deniability as disinformation becomes as granular as the desert, and with so many contradictory narrative details.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly spoke on the phone with journalist Jamal Khashoggi moments before he was murdered in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.
Turkish pro-government daily Yeni Safak revealed new alleged details of the case in a report on Sunday, contradicting claims by Saudi authorities that Prince Mohammed played no part in Khashoggi's murder.
"Khashoggi was detained by the Saudi team inside the consulate building. Then Prince Mohammed contacted Khashoggi by phone and tried to convince him to return to Riyadh," the report said.
"Khashoggi refused Prince Mohammed's offer out of fear he would be arrested and killed if he returned. The assassination team then killed Khashoggi after the conversation ended," it added.
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