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Christopher Dickey; Exposing Trump's Khashoggi Coverup (Warning; graphic description)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/khashoggi-coverup-exposing-trumps-efforts-to-defend-the-mastermind-behind-his-murder?ref=home
PARIS—There is no longer any question that the Saudi government was behind the savage murder of dissident journalist and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. A meticulous report from the United Nations on Wednesday made that absolutely clear, once again.
The details are grisly, transcribed from bugged conversations in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where Khashoggi was murdered and chopped up for disposal on Oct. 2.
Minutes before the journalist arrived to pick up papers for a civil marriage, Dr. Salah Mohammed Tubaigy, a forensic scientist with the Saudi interior ministry, is heard explaining to the head of the hit team how they’ll get rid of the heavy-set Khashoggi, referred to as “the sacrificial animal.”
“Joints will be separated. It is not a problem,” says the doctor. “If we take plastic bags and cut it into pieces, it will be finished. We will wrap each of them.”
<snip>
The 15-man hit team that killed Khashoggi was made up of members of the Saudi royal guard, intelligence services, and staff from the office of MBS and his closest adviser. So Trump did what he usually does when faced with inconvenient facts: He acted as if they were unknowable. He declared in November that “it could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic event—maybe he did and maybe he didn’t.”
The CIA concluded with “medium to high confidence” that MBS “personally targeted” Khashoggi and “probably ordered his death,” according to excerpts of its findings reported in The Wall Street Journal. Trump took that to mean “they did not come to a conclusion” about MBS’ involvement, adding that “they have feelings certain ways, but they didn’t—I have the report.”
PARIS—There is no longer any question that the Saudi government was behind the savage murder of dissident journalist and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. A meticulous report from the United Nations on Wednesday made that absolutely clear, once again.
The details are grisly, transcribed from bugged conversations in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where Khashoggi was murdered and chopped up for disposal on Oct. 2.
Minutes before the journalist arrived to pick up papers for a civil marriage, Dr. Salah Mohammed Tubaigy, a forensic scientist with the Saudi interior ministry, is heard explaining to the head of the hit team how they’ll get rid of the heavy-set Khashoggi, referred to as “the sacrificial animal.”
“Joints will be separated. It is not a problem,” says the doctor. “If we take plastic bags and cut it into pieces, it will be finished. We will wrap each of them.”
<snip>
The 15-man hit team that killed Khashoggi was made up of members of the Saudi royal guard, intelligence services, and staff from the office of MBS and his closest adviser. So Trump did what he usually does when faced with inconvenient facts: He acted as if they were unknowable. He declared in November that “it could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic event—maybe he did and maybe he didn’t.”
The CIA concluded with “medium to high confidence” that MBS “personally targeted” Khashoggi and “probably ordered his death,” according to excerpts of its findings reported in The Wall Street Journal. Trump took that to mean “they did not come to a conclusion” about MBS’ involvement, adding that “they have feelings certain ways, but they didn’t—I have the report.”
