That they're worried, or that it will actually happen? It's incredibly unlikely that it will happen. But the nature of terrorism and political violence is that

That they're worried, or that it will actually happen? It's incredibly unlikely that it will happen. But the nature of terrorism and political violence is that it's not targeted at its direct victims. Its purpose is to intimidate you into thinking twice before criticizing certain authoritarian-leaning powers. In other words, when people who are involved with Saudi Arabia in some way think about Jamal Khashoggi losing his fingers one by one to some bigger men with a bone saw, there is a visceral sense of intimidation. It's the same visceral intimidation that we Americans felt when the twin towers fell. The objective is not to get rid of Khashoggi (that's the work of two minutes and one bullet); the objective is to gall the survivors into making mistakes.