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It is true that Khashoggi likely was a much more complicated figure than just some sort of Western-oriented Saudi dissident and a journalist. He was a member of
by mudil 8y ago
It is true that Khashoggi likely was a much more complicated figure than just some sort of Western-oriented Saudi dissident and a journalist. He was a member of Muslim Brotherhood. He was likely a player with the Saudi intelligence. Here's a link to a widely quoted piece from John R. Bradley at The Spectator. And Bradley is someone who actually worked and knew Khashoggi very well. Judge for yourself: https://spectator.us/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi/ https://spectator.us/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi/
- xrd 8y agoWow, that's a whole different perspective, and sounds very credible. Indeed, none of the reporting so far has given any indication why he would have become an enemy all of a sudden, but this article makes a clear case for why.
- anon7429 8y agoThat's a lot of if's with zero evidence.
- atomical 8y ago"In Washington in 2005, a senior Pentagon official told me of a ridiculous plan they had to take ‘the Saudi out of Arabia’ (as was the rage post-9/11). It involved establishing a council of selected Saudi figures in Mecca to govern the country under US auspices after the US took control of the oil. He named three Saudis the Pentagon team were in regular contact with regarding the project. One of them was Khashoggi. A fantasy, certainly, but it shows how highly he was regarded by those imagining a different Saudi Arabia." Sounds like a story full of conspiratorial fiction.
- thiagocsf 8y agoTl;dr: Khashoggi had 9/11 dirt on Saudis and had recently founded a political party that runs against bin Salman’s vision.