MBS Has Underlings He Had Kill Khashoggi for Him Sentenced to Death
And you thought your boss was bad
Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death and three to jail over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but a U.N. investigator accused it of making a “mockery” of justice by allowing the masterminds of last year’s killing to go free.
A Saudi court rejected the findings of a U.N. inquiry by ruling that the killing was not premeditated, but carried out “at the spur of the moment”. Saudi Deputy Public Prosecutor and spokesman Shalaan al-Shalaan said the court dismissed charges against three of the 11 people tried, finding them not guilty.
A senior official of the Trump administration, which critics say has been too soft on Saudi Arabia over the killing of Khashoggi, called the verdicts “an important step” in holding those responsible accountable.
Another senior U.S. official said Washington would go on pressing for full accountability. Khashoggi was a U.S. resident and a critic of the kingdom’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MbS.
A source familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments said key U.S. government agencies rejected the validity of the court proceedings and CIA experts still believed the crown prince personally ordered, or at least approved of, the killing.
The source said the five men condemned to death were essentially foot soldiers in the killing, while two senior security officials acquitted played a more significant role.
A Saudi prosecutor said there was no evidence connecting one of those senior officials, Saud al-Qahtani, to the killing and the court dismissed charges against Ahmed al-Asiri, a former deputy intelligence chief.
Khashoggi was last seen at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018, where he had gone to obtain documents for his impending wedding. His body was reportedly dismembered and removed from the building, and his remains have not been found.
The murder caused a global uproar, tarnishing the crown prince’s image. Some Western governments, as well as the CIA, said they believed he had ordered the killing.
Saudi officials say he had no role, though in September MbS indicated some personal accountability, saying “it happened under my watch”.
‘MOCKERY’ OF JUSTICE
Agnes Callamard, the U.N. special rapporteur for extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions, said the trial verdict was a “mockery” of justice.
“The hit-men are guilty, sentenced to death. The masterminds not only walk free, they have barely been touched by the investigation and the trial,” she said on Twitter.
Eleven Saudi suspects were put on trial in secretive proceedings in the capital Riyadh. None of their names was immediately released.
“The investigation showed that the killing was not premeditated … The decision was taken at the spur of the moment,” Shalaan said, a position directly contradicting the findings of a United Nations-led investigation.
The U.N.-led inquiry reported in February that the evidence pointed to “a brutal and premeditated killing, planned and perpetrated” by Saudi officials.
The publisher of the Washington Post, a newspaper for which Khashoggi wrote a column, said the lack of transparency and the Saudi government’s refusal to cooperate with independent investigators suggested “a sham trial”.
“Those ultimately responsible, at the highest level of the Saudi government, continue to escape responsibility for the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi,” Fred Ryan said in a statement.
Human rights group Amnesty International said the verdict was a “whitewash” that failed to address the Saudi authorities’ involvement or the location of Khashoggi’s remains.
However, one of Khashoggi’s sons [The one who lives in Saudi and is MBS’ hostage.] said the verdicts had been fair to his children.
“We affirm our confidence in the Saudi judiciary at all levels, that it has been fair to us and that justice has been achieved,” Salah Khashoggi said on Twitter.
The verdicts can be appealed.
Source: Reuters
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Bin Ladin Solomon, aka Bin Salman is 100% jew and murderer! And in our modern world we do not kill them,we make them royals and celebrities. We rather enjoy killing innocent people. Such is our world controlled by the real or fake jews, zionists or chabads.After all,they are all ash claiming to be in gas chambers,but are only most li-ke-ly Nazis( AshkeNazi) in our world!
A chief piece of American foreign policy very much is to do no harm to the Saudi Crown Prince, no matter what he’s done.
Everyone knows he was responsible for the murder of Khashoggi. The Director of CIA quietly said so shortly after.
Besides, how else do around 15 men with positions in the Royal Court manage to go to Turkey equipped to do this?
That kind of initiative just cannot happen under such an authoritarian government. It’s literally impossible, especially since the act would cast a shadow on the Crown Prince. Only he could authorize it
I think nothing better highlights the rather sick state of America than photos of its President smiling and clowning and eagerly shaking hands with this vile tyrant.
America and Israel love the Prince since his violence is mainly directed towards targets which meet their approval (which of course tacitly would include any bold journalist snooping into matters affecting arrangements in the Middle East).
Trump has the added incentive of helping make America great again with tens of billions of dollars in sales of weapons.
A rather bizarre version of feeding America’s Tree of Liberty with blood.
are you an American citizen?
he just hates Trump.
Trump is a zionist Swamp,piece of shit! Just like Killary-no difference between this chabad shit and that zioqueenmurderer!
in principle I agree with your assessment…… the whole thing is in DC is a shithole….. the only advantage of Trump of Trumpistan is, that since he is in power the whole swamp has been exposed….. possibly unintentionally……
trump has exposed himself to be the swampiest of the swampest
I still cannot figure out what he stands for….. too many contradicting comments on all kind of topics…. it is confusing…..
i think it’s a bot in beta test. 🙂
The ussa bff!
Anyone think they’ve been executed or will be?
Not if he wants to stay in power for any amount of time.
I presume MBS read Machiavelli’s “The Prince”.
You mean that MBS should kill off the whole family of those “guilty”?
In Saudi Arabia that is a tall order as they all belong to tribes. I guess MBS has monetarily handsomely compensated their families – as he has done with the son of the victim.