Saudi Arabia is preparing to change its official story on the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, CNN reported Monday afternoon, after the government had previously issued blanket denials of any involvement.
Two sources told CNN that a report on the incident to be presented by Saudi Arabia, which has not yet been finalized, will claim that the Washington Post reporter’s death was the result of an interrogation gone wrong.
One source speculated that the report will “likely” conclude that the operation did not have clearance in an attempt to absolve Saudi Arabian King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of any complicity.
Whatever the conclusions may be, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will no doubt be presented with a version of the facts when he meets with Saudi officials in Riyadh on Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump spoke with King Salman on Monday, after which he suggested that the suspected murder of Khashoggi may have been carried out by “rogue killers.”
Latest report on Middle East Eye website alleges that based on audio recording via listening device, Khashoggi was dragged from the consul-general’s office onto a table of his study next door, where he was made unconscious with an injection. Salah Muhammad al-Tubaigy, head of forensic evidence in the Saudi general security department, proceeded to cut up Khashoggi’s body while he was still breathing.
The murder (or as the Saudis call it, interrogation) took seven minutes.
Tubaigy was heard saying "When I do this job, I listen to music. You should do [that] too."
A 3-minute version of the audio tape has been given to Turkish newspaper Sabah, though it has not yet published it.
Latest report on Middle East Eye website alleges that based on audio recording via listening device, Khashoggi was dragged from the consul-general’s office onto a table of his study next door, where he was made unconscious with an injection. Salah Muhammad al-Tubaigy, head of forensic evidence in the Saudi general security department, proceeded to cut up Khashoggi’s body while he was still breathing.
The murder (or as the Saudis call it, interrogation) took seven minutes.
Tubaigy was heard saying "When I do this job, I listen to music. You should do [that] too."
A 3-minute version of the audio tape has been given to Turkish newspaper Sabah, though it has not yet published it.
Its hard to believe Shawn all this truly nasty stuff these Sawdi’s and Turkey’s do to their own, let alone what they’ve been up to in the SyRaq. More disturbing is the collusion between these thugs and the US gubment….. What a total disgrace!
Its hard to believe Shawn all this truly nasty stuff these Sawdi’s and Turkey’s do to their own, let alone what they’ve been up to in the SyRaq. More disturbing is the collusion between these thugs and the US gubment….. What a total disgrace!
Ahson Aftab – Khashoggi’s murder and dismemberment at the consulate in Istanbul was obviously an order from the highest level of the Saudi government. (Possibly MBS himself, in light of his previous mafia-style ops against challengers.)
The urgency and recklessness of the poorly planned murder makes me wonder whether Khashoggi was about to reveal some damning information about 9/11 collusion among the Israeli Mossad, the CIA, and the House of Saud.
Ahson Aftab – Khashoggi’s murder and dismemberment at the consulate in Istanbul was obviously an order from the highest level of the Saudi government. (Possibly MBS himself, in light of his previous mafia-style ops against challengers.)
The urgency and recklessness of the poorly planned murder makes me wonder whether Khashoggi was about to reveal some damning information about 9/11 collusion among the Israeli Mossad, the CIA, and the House of Saud.
Hes a bloody fool.
Will believe the Arabs even when they blatantly lie…for the sake of arms sale.
Call in the supplier of the 2 executive jets n find out who rented them.
Then call in the 15 assasins whose identities are known to all n sundry.
Then the staff at the consulate.
Not enuf witnesses you say?
Rogue elements you say??
WTF.
I’m sure the 15-member Royal Saudi Hit squad had a very good reason to dismember Khashoggi’s body so as to interrogate the individual pieces — to prevent collaboration.
I just don’t believe the Saudi medical technology is advanced enough to put the pieces back together after the so-called "interrogation."
Trump might want to send in the coroner in the Vince Foster case to investigate the possibility of chalking it off as suicide.