"First rule of assassination. Kill the assassin."
- James T. Kirk, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Jamal Khashoggi Death Squad Members Could Be Executed By Saudi Arabia Before Extradition, Turkey Fears Turkish officials want the 15 suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi extradited before it's too late, reports out of the Middle East say.
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...according to a report Sunday by the London-based Middle East Eye, Turkish officials now fear that the 15 Saudi agents who they believe tortured, murdered, and dismembered Khashoggi may never be extradited back to Turkey to face trial — because the Saudis may quickly arrest and execute them.
One of the suspects, Saudi Royal Air Force Lieutenant Mashal Saad al-Bostani, is already dead, killed in a “suspicious car accident,” according to a report in the Turkish newspaper Daily Hürriyet. A Hürriyet columnist also wrote that the Saudi consul general in Istanbul, Mohammad al-Otaibi, could be the next to die as Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman “would do anything to get rid of evidence.”
The voice of al-Otaibi can be heard on an audio recording of Khashoggi’s murder, and the suspects dined at his residence after killing the journalist, as Inquisitr reported...
Saudi Arabia on Friday announced that 18 top officials have been arrested, and five fired from their positions in the government, in connection with the Khashoggi case, the Washington Post reported.
“The two most prominent Saudis to be implicated by the Saudi investigation into Khashoggi’s death are deputy intelligence chief General Ahmed al-Assiri and the crown prince’s top aide, Saoud al-Qahtani, both of whom have been sacked,” Middle East Eye reported. “Their departures appear to be an attempt to absolve Mohammed bin Salman, commonly known as MBS, of blame.”
21 Oct 2018, 10:51 pm
