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A “US journalist” whose grandfather was the personal physician to the house of Saudi’s founder, whose billionaire arms dealing uncle was involved in Iran Contra
by finiteseries 5y ago
A “US journalist” whose grandfather was the personal physician to the house of Saudi’s founder, whose billionaire arms dealing uncle was involved in Iran Contra, whose first cousin was in that car with Princess Diana…
He was hilariously Saudi!
- birdyrooster 5y agoHilarious is a strange adjective to use. So to you a person is defined largely by their extended family.
- tootie 5y agoHis billionaire uncle Adnan also sold a yacht to Donald Trump.
- driverdan 5y agoHow is that relevant?
- finiteseries 5y agoBecause most people genuinely aren’t aware of this, and labor under the impression a US citizen/journalist was randomly butchered by the powers of evil. An immensely wealthy, heavily connected Saudi political actor got taken out by a new Saudi ruler asserting himself. I am personally not okay with foreign nobles attempting to hide behind the same label as eg Assange, it’s fucking absurd.
- erie 5y agoA “US journalist” who was a friend of Bin Laden, and worked with many Saudi royal family members from head of Intelligence Agency, Al Faisal to billionaire Al Waleed Bin Tallal "He also served with the Saudi Arabian Intelligence Agency, and possibly worked with the United States, during the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan." Wikipedia https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/from-travels-with-bin-laden-to-sparring-with-princes-jamal-khashoggis-provocative-journey/2018/10/07/c1290f28-ca3d-11e8-ad0a-0e01efba3cc1_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/from-travels-with-bin-l...