Source : The Washingtom Post, Shane Harris, Greg Miller & Josh Dawsey, 16-11-2018
Le procureur saoudien a déclaré que le prince héritier Mohammed ben Salmane n’était pas au courant de l’opération. Les dernières découvertes de la CIA contredisent cette affirmation. (Joyce Lee, Jason Aldag, Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post)
Among the things Saudi Arabia wants from the United States is support for its war on Yemen and permission to buy from US arms corporations state-of-the-art military weaponry. Both things are now in peril, as key Republican senators reacted to a secret briefing by Gina Haspel, director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
From Ochelli.com
Mike Swanson Author of The War State kicked off Tuesday telling us about his trip to Dallas for the recent JFK conferences.
In Wall Street, World Chuck and Mike discussed the market behavior and the interesting displays by those who lost in the NYC casino. Plus what did the elections tell us about 2020? Was the Blue Ripple exactly what Trump needed to have a handy Scapegoat for the next 2 years?
Turkish authorities are still hunting for the remains of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the threat of what’s said to be a harrowing audio recording depicting his agonizing final moments as he was assassinated by a 15-man Saudi hit squad may materialize at any moment, but largely thanks to President Trump’s willingness to countenance Khashoggi’s murder to help preserve the US-Saudi relationship (and ensure that oil prices continue to move lower), the kingdom’s young de facto leader, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is facing minimal international repercussions over suspicions th
Source : Ali al-Ahmed, Consortium News, 29-10-2018
Le 29 octobre 2018
En tant que citoyen saoudien exilé à Washington, D.C., Ali al Ahmed a fait l’expérience directe, depuis 2000, de ce que le gouvernement saoudien est prêt à faire pour faire taire ses critiques, tant à l’intérieur du pays qu’à l’étranger.
Last Tuesday, within about an hour of his announcement on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, in the heat of the moment, I commented on the president’s acceptance of the Riyadh royals’ explanation of the Istanbul consulate incident. I called his statement “crude” and “buttheadedly amoral.” I should have stated the obvious broader point: It was wrong.
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou take a quick look at US President Donald Trump’s recent statement to the press that he will continue to build on America’s long standing relationship with Saudi Arabia, in spite of massive pressure to punish the Kingdom and its rogue prince for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Meanwhile Saudi Arabia is issuing its own red lines, claiming that criticism of MbS will not go unpunished.
