Saudi Arabia chosen to head human rights panel whilst sentencing citizen to crucifixion

[Pickman's model]

Really Donald? just wtf... I suppose he is looking for a way out here but

Donald Trump says 'rogue killers' may have murdered Khashoggi

Say one thing for djt, say he thinks outside the box

 

[Pickman's model]

Of course they are. They will of course have no problem getting into a heavily guarded embassy, killing someone and getting out again.

No one but you is on about an embassy

 

[hash tag]

Embassy/consulate, both official overseas residences that will have high security.

 

[mojo pixy]

Really Donald? just wtf... I suppose he is looking for a way out here but

Donald Trump says 'rogue killers' may have murdered Khashoggi

Well you know. He's as keen for this to go away as they are. He'll run with whatever he thinks he can blag to the US electorate. So anything, really.

 

[Pickman's model]

Embassy/consulate, both official overseas residences that will have high security.

Neither are residences

They are diplomatic offices

 

[not-bono-ever]

Really Donald? just wtf... I suppose he is looking for a way out here but

Donald Trump says 'rogue killers' may have murdered Khashoggi

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est

 

[teqniq]

 

[hash tag]

Neither are residences

They are diplomatic offices

Just semantics in relation to this news and the issue remains the same.

 

[Pickman's model]

Just semantics in relation to this news and the issue remains the same.

You could just call it what it is instead of insisting the consulate's an embassy or a residence.

 

[teqniq]

Not really semantics. Apparently a consulate has no diplomatic immunity i.e. it is not considered sovereign territory in the same way an actual embassy is. So the Turkish government could, if it had really wanted to have gone in there mob-handed and searched the place days ago. Obviously a number of reasons why they haven't, mainly to do with trade/finance.

 

[hash tag]

In that case, they could just bomb it.

 

[Pickman's model]

In that case, they could just bone it.

C4u

 

[teqniq]

Break out the whitewash, oh sorry I forgot they already went in with the bleach

 

[Duncan2]

An interrogation that went so catastrophically wrong that ,if we are to believe the Turks,the poor man was cut into pieces small enough to be transported in cake boxes.Good one.

 

[skyscraper101]

They’ve been denying it for days too.

Great PR lads.

 

[hash tag]

So the Saudis routinely carry out torture in their diplomatic residences and embassy. How very reassuring and comforting. No doubt they torture people with British made equipment.

 

[hash tag]

https://www.theonion.com/saudi-arabia-sends-assassins-to-dismember-entire-intern-1829763500

 

[extra dry]

Of course they are. They will of course have no problem getting into a heavily guarded embassy, killing someone and getting out again.

They're rouge killers, that's their job.

 

[mojo pixy]

They're rouge killers, that's their job.

 

[DotCommunist]

rouge brigades

 

[extra dry]

007 does the same in Goldfinger or was it Moonraker? Anyway you get the idea.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Tbf it happens to me all the time

 

[not-bono-ever]

It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye, their arms and legs

 

[not-bono-ever]

It is pretty disgusting innit

 

[elbows]

The radio earlier suggested the khashoggi may have recorded or transmitted what had happened from his smart watch. Let's hope so.

Its not that likely since he left his phone outside and his apple watch probably didnt have access to mobile network in Turkey, and bluetooth range was unlikely to be anywhere like good enough to reach his iphone outside the building. More likely a cover story by Turkey to dodgy the question of surveillance equipment.

 

[tim]

Not sure this will prove anything as I'm sure the inspection will be very limited and the place will have had an exceptional clean in the last few days. On the other hand, Turkey isn't the friendliest country in these issues. Maybe they are colluding with Saudi just to say they can find no trace of wrong doing.
Turkish authorities to search Saudi consulate two weeks after journalist vanished

it's the Turkish authorities who have turned this into an issue instead of just ignoring it like the Swiss and Italians

Saudi Arabia: new details of dissident princes' abductions emerge

Anyway Erdogan sees the Saudis as regional rivals, so won't mind participating in their humiliation.

 

[tim]

It is pretty disgusting innit

Not compared to what they do in Yemen

 

[teqniq]

Where to even start with this shit tbh

 

[teqniq]

Somewhat different take on why this happened

'The greatest embarrassment': Inside the kingdom, Saudis rattled by handling of Jamal Khashoggi case

 

[CRI]

As 'Gruesome' New Details of Khashoggi Murder Emerge, Trump Obediently Bows to Saudi Crown Prince

Initially, the Saudis maintained that Khashoggi left the Turkish consulate alive. Then, when this position become untenable, Trump obediently suggested after a phone call with King Salman that perhaps "rogue killers" flew to Turkey without the knowledge of the regime and murdered Khashoggi.

Meanwhile, CNN and other outlets are reporting that the Saudis are considering releasing a statement admitting that Khashoggi was killed but claiming the murder was the result of an interrogation gone wrong, and that the Saudi leadership had no knowledge of what was taking place.

Every step of the way—as numerous critics have pointed out—Trump has proven to be a willing megaphone for the Saudi regime's rapidly changing narrative, mindlessly repeating it on Twitter and to reporters as it has changed on a day-to-day basis.

"The president is willingly and knowingly doing the counter messaging for the Saudi kingdom," noted Washington Post national security reporter Greg Miller in a tweet on Tuesday. "He floated the 'rogue attackers' theory and [is] now vouching for their transparent denials and vows to investigate."