The floated story will of course not be believed. A forceful interrogation in a consulate going wrong is not plausible. One does not need to fly in 15 operators, including a specialist for autopsies, just to ask a few questions. The intent was either to kidnap the guy or to outright kill him. The trial ballon seems to come from U.S. sources, not from the Saudis. Trump yesterday spoke of a ‘rogue element’ who may have caused the incident. U.S. intelligence services seem to believe that Khashoggi was indeed killed. The Wall Street Journal reports that Turkey provided its evidence: The Turkish government has shared with U.S. officials what it describes as audio and video recordings purporting to show that Mr. Khashoggi was killed in the building, people familiar with the matter said.
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The Khashoggi Extortion Fiasco
America, and the West in general, never really liked Saudi Arabia. At best, the West tolerated the ultra-conservative undemocratic suppressive kingdom of sand that exported fundamentalism and terror, but this can all change with a stroke of a pen and Saudi Arabia may soon find itself in need of protection from its protector.
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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Dissident Voices PURGED From Facebook & Twitter!
LEE CAMP—Our content is being suppressed by major social media platforms, but there are two ways you can keep track of our content. The best is to join our email list by texting “REDACTED” to 444-999: It’s free in the U.S. Secondly, please double check that you’re still subscribed to our channel (YouTube is apparently unsubscribing people), and click the bell icon next to the word “Subscribe.” You’re the best. Keep fighting.
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Did US and Allies Commit a War Crime by Bombing Syria on April 14th?
ERIC ZUESSE—The US and its allies have routinely committed aggression, in places such as Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen. A particular instance of it, to be discussed here, could be especially prosecutable, because the alleged ‘cause’ for the invasion could turn out to have been a provable lie, an intentional fabrication which had been concocted by the perpetrators so as to ‘justify’ their invasion. This particular instance was the US-and-allied bombing of Syria, by over a hundred missiles, on April 14th.
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