* The report contains an assessment that the crown prince 'approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi'
* It cites the 'control of decision making in the Kingdom' that he holds
* No information on possible sanctions
* The report provides official confirmation of U.S. assessment following horrific 2018 killing
* Cites participation of Rapid Intervention Force which 'answers only to him'
* Saudi Arabia called it a 'rogue' operation but sentenced five people to death, sentences that were later commuted
* Khashoggi was a well-connected dissident who penned columns for the Washington Post
The Biden administration released a declassified report by U.S. intelligence Friday that concludes Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman 'approved' the operation that killed Jamal Khashoggi.
Despite the unequivocal conclusions of the assessment, the administration stopped short of imposing any diplomatic or economic sanctions directly on the crown prince himself.
But in a policy announcement that followed the release of the intelligence assessment, the Treasury Department said it would sanction Saudi individuals and the crown prince's Rapid Intervention Force, but not the crown prince.
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WNU Editor: After this announcement the Biden administration announced the imposition of sanctions and visa bans on a number of Saudi officials .... U.S. imposes sanctions, visa bans on Saudis for journalist Khashoggi's killing (Reuters).
On a side note. I lost count over the years on how many times the U.S. intelligence agency told former President Trump that disclosing intelligence information that the former President wanted to be made public would compromise U.S. national security. And then reading all about it in the New York Times, Washington Post, etc.. usually supporting the intel community on why this intelligence should not be made public.
But on this issue .... not even a "whimper" from the US intelligence community or the media that this intelligence disclosure would compromise U.S. national security and its relations with Saudi Arabia. A country that is the second most important US ally in the region.
No analysis. No examination. No debate on what will be the consequences. It is almost as if everyone is being told to rubber-stamp what the White House wants. And then ignore what this decision may entail.
More News On The Biden Administration Saying Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Did 'Approve' The Killing Of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
U.S. says Saudi crown prince approved Khashoggi killing, imposes visa restrictions on 76 Saudis -- CNBC
White House declassifies Jamal Khashoggi report blaming Saudi crown prince for journalist's death -- FOX News
Saudi Arabia's Mohammad Bin Salman complicit in Jamal Khashoggi's murder, US report says -- USA Today
US Biden stresses human rights in talk with Saudi king -- Middle East Monitor
They have no evidence beyond " He's inclined to do this sort of thing"
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they were making Bayer, Aleve, or Tylenol in those bombed buildings?
A country where their diplomats readily grab the ankles with relish, can ill afford to anger any country. Vice published on a single, anonymous source. Reuters confirmed it more or less based on an internal State Department memo, which they obtained. Real question is how many secretly enjoyed it?
ReplyDeleteTrump knew and did???
ReplyDeletedump on Biden, again and non stop
Fred,
ReplyDeleteWhat was the point of having Kashoggi on the payroll?
Does the Washington Post have high profile employees of Jordanian, Pakistani, or Turkish origin, who worked for those governments criticizing them nonstop?
I for one would hold an ally to a higher standard, but I would not hold them to a Western standard, which by the way is only met 70% or 80% of the time and dropping like a rock.
Why not criticize Jordan? They have APC's at every street corner. I have never been, but I have 1st hand account. What do you make a bet that they have political prisoners as well? Of course the US now has political prisoners as well, so we do not have room to criticize.
Why did Kashoggi take the side of Hezbollah and Syria? Syria had former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri assassinated and Kashoggi seemed just fine with it.
Why did Kashoggi take Qatar's side in its dispute with Saudi Arabia? The one Sunni Arab country mentioned the first and the most in supporting the rebels against Assad is Qatar. I think Saudi Arabia got involved a year or two after Qatar.
Liberals keep telling us that we should not be in Syria until Biden became president and that Assad is the duly elected president of Syria, but here is Qatar fighting him. And you eagerly read anything Kashoggi a supporter of Qatar wrote. How is that?
Bezos Says That When Pee Tape Is Released It Will Be Free for All Amazon Prime Members
ReplyDelete'Bezos acknowledged that the tape had not surfaced yet but said that Amazon was “working around the clock to make that happen.” '
Wow, 2 to 5 years later and we still do not have the "pee tape"
But as a consolation prize we have Bezos's dick pics!
So we have this loose canon, Bezos, who got fired from Amazon, and he hired a propagandist to go scorched earth on a country and everything was going to come up daisies.
What a moron.
If the Washington Post went at Erdagon, Khameini, Nasrallah, Assad, Pakistan and the rest just as hard they would have two legs to stand on. But they didn't.
In October RPT reported that Amazon Studio’s chief, Roy Price, was using his casting couch card a bit too liberally.
ReplyDeletePrice resigned from Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Studio, after a female producer publicly accused him of sexual harassment, telling her “You’ll love my d–k”.
Now a new report claims that Amazon employees have been caught “purchasing services from trafficked sex workers.” "
https://theduran.com/jeff-bezos-scandal-amazon-executives-caught-up-in-a-sex-trafficking-ring-2/
Lay down with a dog and wake up with fleas.
Or read the Washington Post and end up with fleas.
Honestly, who reads the Washington Post?
What's most interesting about this is that surely Trump has known it all along, and rather than publicizing it, has been using it as a bargaining chip against the Saudis ... so I guess diplomacy isn't really a thing anymore.
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