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Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post and Saudi royal insider-turned-critic, went missing after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain paperwork that would allow him to marry his Turkish fiancée.
His disappearance has drawn international condemnation and sparked warnings from US President Donald Trump on Saturday of "severe punishment" if the Saudis are found to be behind his death. Britain, France and Germany also said on Sunday they were demanding a "credible investigation."
In a statement Sunday on the official Saudi Press Agency attributed to "an official," the kingdom rejected any threats of economic sanctions or political pressure and said it would "respond with greater action."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/14/middleeast/khashoggi-turkey-saudi-intl/index.html
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Initech
(100,129 posts)Anything less than a full trade embargo is the wrong answer.
Renew Deal
(81,893 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)My guess is watch this on stock,Citi Corp. We have seen this picture a few times in the past,and the Saudi's used Oil as their motivator.
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)Saudi Arabia Wants Trump And Congress To Forget Jamal Khashoggi. Heres Its Likely Playbook.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, implicated in the journalist's potential murder, could blunt criticism using the most sprawling foreign influence campaign in the U.S. today.
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
10/13/2018 04:31 PM ET
Updated 10 minutes ago
WASHINGTON ― Saudi Arabia is facing an unprecedented backlash from the U.S. elite over the presumed murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi ― and its threatening an unprecedented offensive of its own to try to turn things around.
Congress is threatening sanctions on the longtime U.S. partner, President Donald Trump is publicly demanding answers about Khashoggis fate, and major American businesses are backing out of a high-profile Saudi conference. But as top Americans suggest the U.S.-Saudi relationship may be about to fundamentally change, the Saudis have many powerful levers to pull in their efforts to maintain bipartisan support for their frequently controversial policies.
By directing billions of dollars of Saudi money into the U.S. for decades, Riyadhs ruling family has won the support of small but powerful circles of influential Americans and courted wider public acceptance through corporate ties and philanthropy. Its been a solid investment for a regime that relies heavily on Washington for its security but cant make the same claims to shared values or history as other American allies like Britain. For years, spending in ways beneficial to the U.S. ― both stateside and abroad, such as its funding Islamist fighters in Afghanistan to combat the Soviet Union ― has effectively been an insurance policy for Saudi Arabia.
Excerpt: Representatives from companies like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin argue that to keep jobs at plants that mushroomed across the U.S. amid post-9/11 wars, Congress must almost never use its veto over arms deals. Because we are in a permanent state of warfare, we have a war-based economy, said Elizabeth Beavers, an organizer with the progressive group Indivisible.
Arms manufacturers have already told Trump aides they are worried about Capitol Hill blocking more sales over Khashoggi, Reuters reported Friday. That would add to the deals already held up over a Saudi military campaign in Yemen thats been accused of dozens of war crimes.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5bc20a93e4b040bb4e82b65a/amp?__twitter_impression=true
dalton99a
(81,673 posts)A malnourished child receives treatment at the Sabeen hospital in Sana'a, Yemen, on Oct. 6. Saudi Arabia's military campaign in Yemen has caused famine in the country. (Mohammed Hamoud via Getty Images)
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,031 posts)Looking pretty guilty there.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)when you have coward with no toads sitting in the WH..
spanone
(135,919 posts)by the way, has trump called the prince yet? Oh, yea, he's on the golf course.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Bengus81
(6,936 posts)Bet they're loving every second of this one............
malaise
(269,254 posts)The scab is off. Wealth before lives or freedom of speech.
Anyone who interferes is a terrorist.
spanone
(135,919 posts)I repeatedly stressed that this is particularly true abroad, where the presidents rhetoric is being used by some regimes to justify sweeping crackdowns on journalists, he wrote of their exchange. I warned that it was putting lives at risk, that it was undermining the democratic ideals of our nation, and that it was eroding one of our countrys greatest exports: a commitment to free speech and a free press.
Three months later, Sulzbergers warning has proved horrifically prescient. A journalist who lives in the U.S. and writes for a major American newspaper has vanished, with reports indicating he may have been brutally murdered by an authoritarian U.S. ally. And Trumps apathetic response sends a message to other nations that they can repress journalists with impunity, without fear of U.S. reprisals.
Jamal Khashoggi is a journalist, a critic of his native Saudi Arabias oppressive regime who had been living in self-imposed exile in Virginia, London, and Istanbul, Turkey. He has written for The Washington Posts Global Opinions section since last year, using that platform to lament Saudi Arabias repressive atmosphere under its new de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. That outspoken dissent, coming at a time when the prince was conducting a U.S. charm offensive, reportedly earned Khashoggi his wrath.
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/10/12/jamal-khashoggi-and-bloody-bill-trumps-anti-press-rhetoric/221666
malaise
(269,254 posts)in June
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)we're mostly energy independent. They can manipulate world oil prices by turning the spigot on their dwindling supply, but there are huge limits on what they can do and either way will hurt them far more. Unlike them, we're a fabulously wealthy and powerful nation.
Saudi Arabia, otoh, has been on the brink of collapse for some time from a number of huge, intractable, mostly inevitably destructive factors.
Someone mentioned brass balls. Well, as this moment in time they might work for MBS since we know that Trump not only has none at all but also is easily played and bought.
There's also no reason to think only the Russians and some among our own kleptocrats have "something" on someone like Trump. I'd ask our cat if she does if I could understand her answer.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)roamer65
(36,748 posts)Iran wasnt responsible for 9/11.