There has been a lot of backlash over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by agents of Saudi Arabia. More backlash than the slaughter going on in Yemen but who cares about that? They don't have a face and aren't US residents.
In the past Khashoggi has covered the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the rise of Osama Bin Laden for various Saudi news outlets. He was close to close to the Saudi royal family and was even an adviser to the government.
Look at all this money you old fool, you belong to us bitch!
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman came to power and while the west hoped he'd be a moderate modern ruler, Khashoggi knew better. Salman did a purge of all independently minded influential people he saw as a threat, Khashoggi thought he'd be one of them.
Khashoggi fled to the US and became a US resident in just the past year and wrote for the Washington Post. He compared Salman to Putin. How ironic as Putin has killed many journalists in his 2 decades of power.
Khashoggi was traveling and working giving talks and Interviews. He had just been Interviewed in London by the BBC days before traveling to Istanbul.
He went into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 28th September for papers to certify he was divorced from his wife as he had planned to marry his Turkish fiancee Hatice Cengiz. The consulate greeted him warmly and were very obliging saying to return on 2nd October. He wasn't concerned as it was on Turkish soil.
He went in leaving his fiancee to wait outside. She had been given a number for an adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan should he not return.
While Khashoggi was cautious but not concerned he didn't know he was walking into a trap. In the wee hours of that morning a private plane flew to Turkey from the Kingdom carrying several Saudi goons, mostly intelligence agents.
The agents checked into a hotel and an hour before Khashoggi was to arrive they went to the Consulate to get set up.
Turkey isn't a big friend to Saudi as Turkey have been cosying up to Russia and so they will be paying attention to who comes and goes.
What happened exactly when Khashoggi entered the Consulate is unclear. According to Turkey they have an audio recording of an altercation including threats to the Ambassador who was worried about getting into trouble to talk of dismembering Kashoggi and how it would be a good idea to play loud music while doing it.
Turkey says Khashoggi was tortured and killed. Considering it was a team of 15 that took Khashoggi down and resulted in his death then Old Knudsen can safety say it was a hit rather than an abduction.
The whole event lasted for two hours before the men left the Consulate. A second plane from the Kingdom arrived in Turkey and by 9 pm that night both private planes had left and Khashoggi was no where to be seen.
For over 4 hours Ms Cengiz waited outside the Consulate for Mr Khashoggi to come out.
Don't worry, the US won't stand for shit like this, especially not against journalists and brown ones at that. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he hasn't heard any tapes and doesn't know shit except for what Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's cock tastes like.
Trump says there will be serious action but then goes on to say what a great ally Saudi Arabia are and how much money they have promised him. If you remember that just after that deal they had Trump condemning Qatar for being terrorists.
That turned out to be untrue and was Saudi trying to impose pressure on Qatar by turning the world against them. They played Trump so easily as he was desperate for a win.
Then there is the other fact that the west ignores that 15 of the 19 terrorists that carried out 9/11 were citizens of Saudi Arabia.
As like Israel, Saudi Arabia are our allies and usually our proxy bad guys in the Middle East. We aren't going to do anything to them because we sell them shit and buy their oil. They'll do things that we won't dare to do and are solidly against Iran so turn a blind eye.
18 Saudi nationals have been arrested so far and some high up intelligence officials have been dismissed. Just some busy work to look like there is outrage to appease the West. King Salman has spoken to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by phone and Turkish investigators have been allowed into the Consulate.
Khashoggi was traveling and working giving talks and Interviews. He had just been Interviewed in London by the BBC days before traveling to Istanbul.
He went into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 28th September for papers to certify he was divorced from his wife as he had planned to marry his Turkish fiancee Hatice Cengiz. The consulate greeted him warmly and were very obliging saying to return on 2nd October. He wasn't concerned as it was on Turkish soil.
He went in leaving his fiancee to wait outside. She had been given a number for an adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan should he not return.
While Khashoggi was cautious but not concerned he didn't know he was walking into a trap. In the wee hours of that morning a private plane flew to Turkey from the Kingdom carrying several Saudi goons, mostly intelligence agents.
The agents checked into a hotel and an hour before Khashoggi was to arrive they went to the Consulate to get set up.
Turkey isn't a big friend to Saudi as Turkey have been cosying up to Russia and so they will be paying attention to who comes and goes.
What happened exactly when Khashoggi entered the Consulate is unclear. According to Turkey they have an audio recording of an altercation including threats to the Ambassador who was worried about getting into trouble to talk of dismembering Kashoggi and how it would be a good idea to play loud music while doing it.
Turkey says Khashoggi was tortured and killed. Considering it was a team of 15 that took Khashoggi down and resulted in his death then Old Knudsen can safety say it was a hit rather than an abduction.
The whole event lasted for two hours before the men left the Consulate. A second plane from the Kingdom arrived in Turkey and by 9 pm that night both private planes had left and Khashoggi was no where to be seen.
For over 4 hours Ms Cengiz waited outside the Consulate for Mr Khashoggi to come out.
Don't worry, the US won't stand for shit like this, especially not against journalists and brown ones at that. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he hasn't heard any tapes and doesn't know shit except for what Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's cock tastes like.
Trump says there will be serious action but then goes on to say what a great ally Saudi Arabia are and how much money they have promised him. If you remember that just after that deal they had Trump condemning Qatar for being terrorists.
That turned out to be untrue and was Saudi trying to impose pressure on Qatar by turning the world against them. They played Trump so easily as he was desperate for a win.
Then there is the other fact that the west ignores that 15 of the 19 terrorists that carried out 9/11 were citizens of Saudi Arabia.
As like Israel, Saudi Arabia are our allies and usually our proxy bad guys in the Middle East. We aren't going to do anything to them because we sell them shit and buy their oil. They'll do things that we won't dare to do and are solidly against Iran so turn a blind eye.
18 Saudi nationals have been arrested so far and some high up intelligence officials have been dismissed. Just some busy work to look like there is outrage to appease the West. King Salman has spoken to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by phone and Turkish investigators have been allowed into the Consulate.
Just bullshit. Some heads will roll and a few replaceable people will get blamed. King Salman will say what an outrage even though it was him that no doubt gave the order.
Hatice Cengiz has lost her love and the world has lost a voice that opposes the bad guy. Old Knudsen doesn't want you to worry though, we'll still bomb the fuck out of civilians in Yemen, sell Saudi the bombs to do so and they'll continue to do important things like flog the jailed blogger Raif Badawi.
1 comment:
You're spot on, sweetpea. The Saudis have done what they always do, Round up the usual suspects! I lived there years ago and it's still SOS, DD. xo
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