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RE: Who is Jamal Khashoggi? Dissident Journalist or Saudi Loyalist?

in #khashoggi6 years ago (edited)

There is the possibility he wanted to go back into the Saudi fold, and that this disappearing act has all blown up and backfired out of all proportion.
There is so much to this story. I find it so difficult to believe that he was simply assassinated and chopped up in the embassy before being taken back to be disposed of. That's amateurish and Jason Bourne.
The Saudis may be a lot of things, but stupid isn't one of them.
If you expand the circle of influence. He was the nephew of Adnan, the arms dealer and according to wikipedia,Dodi Fayed was his cousin.
Interesting family ties he had....
Anyway. As usual, great, balanced and researched post. I hope this is what you do for a living :-) If not it ought to be!
Best wishes to you :-)
***Edited. I forgot about the Apple watch. Very odd angle

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Great comments, thanks for your take on this.
While I was searching I did come by Adnan's name but wasn't sure if they were related - a billionaire arms dealer no less.

check this passage, Adnan even sold a yacht to Trump!

Instead, the family declared, “Our father understood the art of bringing people together better than anyone.”

How crass it would be to mention that the weapons he helped sell perfected the art of blowing people apart.

And Adnan Khashoggi helped sell enough of these weapons to become one of the world’s wealthiest men: a fortune once estimated at £2.4 billion, friendships with Saudi and Hollywood royalties, homes all over the world, a superyacht later sold to Donald Trump, a personal bodyguard nicknamed Mr Kill.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/adnan-khashoggi-dead-saudi-arms-dealer-playboy-pleasure-wives-billionaire-lifestyle-wealth-profit-a7778031.html

This story keeps getting more outlandish by the day

It certainly does, and then you can look at links to the death of Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana in a car crash in France, Dodi's father having spent years being refused British Citizenship, another of his Uncles was the personal doctor to the King...the list goes on!
Plenty of mileage in this I think!