Khashoggi's killers had paramilitary training in US: report
Source: The Age
Four Saudis who participated in the 2018 killing of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in the United States the previous year under a contract approved by the State Department, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
The training was provided by the Arkansas-based security company Tier 1 Group, which is owned by the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, and was defensive in nature and devised to protect Saudi leaders, the Times reported.
On October 2, 2018, Khashoggi had gone to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey to pick up documents needed for his wedding.
Once inside, he died at the hands of more than a dozen Saudi security and intelligence officials and others who had assembled ahead of his arrival. His death set off a diplomatic firestorm between the US and Saudi Arabia, raising questions about respect for human rights by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Read more: https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/khashoggi-s-killers-had-paramilitary-training-in-us-report-20210623-p583fb.html
Short article. No more at link.
MontanaMama
(23,307 posts)I hope justice will someday be done in his name. I cant imagine the trauma and pain his children and fiancé live with.
Roy Rolling
(6,911 posts)Private armies, what could possibly go wrong?
AllaN01Bear
(18,154 posts)Bev54
(10,047 posts)Business Insider. They say it is a developing story.
https://www.businessinsider.com/operatives-saudi-journalist-jamal-khashoggi-death-training-in-us-report-2021-6?utm_source=notification&utm_medium=referral
no_hypocrisy
(46,080 posts)George H.W. Bush (deceased)
Dan Quayle
bucolic_frolic
(43,128 posts)This ought to give you the chills
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus
In Greek mythology, Cerberus (/ˈsɜːrbərəs/;[2] Greek: ?έ?????? Kérberos [ˈkerberos]), often referred to as the hound of Hades, is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving.
MarcA
(2,195 posts)Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)Call it a nagging feeling...
Walleye
(31,008 posts)turbinetree
(24,695 posts)....defensive in nature and devised to protect Saudi leaders....
FakeNoose
(32,633 posts)We know Chump and Kushner had something to do with this.
Evolve Dammit
(16,723 posts)Funny (not) how that works. Putin high fiving MSB on the world stage. Yeah, nice job butchering that SOB journalist. Scott f'in free.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)canetoad
(17,152 posts)bucolic_frolic elaborates on the company above.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Always my 1st thought when I see something this dirty.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)burrowowl
(17,638 posts)Why am I not surprised?
Theres probably a school of the Middle East just like the school of the Americas.
TomWilm
(1,832 posts)... which is now called The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC).
?Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II
https://www.glimpsefromtheglobe.com/topics/human-security/close-the-school-of-the-americas-again/
twodogsbarking
(9,732 posts)Birds of a feather.
FelineOverlord
(3,574 posts)IronLionZion
(45,427 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)And Khashoggi was also critical of Trump.....so