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Saudi dissident prince flies home to tackle MBS succession
Saudi dissident prince flies home to tackle MBS succession, via The Middle East Eye…
Understanding the Khashoggi ‘game’ being played out by Erdoğan
Stalin said that the death of one man is a tragedy, the death of a million a statistic. And the death of one man, Khashoggi, at the hand of Saudi assassins in Turkey has reinforced that axiom.
One man’s death has set the whole complex Middle Eastern political vortex spinning.
The first effect of his murder is the shattering of a claim that Saudi Arabia’s, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), is piloting this most conservative regime on the path of liberal reform.
Why the Khashoggi Affair Maybe the Biggest US Foreign Policy Crises Since Iran’s Revolution
If Donald Trump seems at a loss about how to respond to the Jamal Khashoggi murder, it may not be because he’s worried about his Saudi business investments or any of the other things that Democrats like to bring up to avoid talking about more serious topics. Rather, it’s likely because Trump may be facing one of the biggest U.S. foreign-policy crises since the overthrow of the shah in 1979.
Khashoggi who? Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman all smiles, $50B in deals signed (Video)
According to a Bloomberg report, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman was reportedly “all smiles” during the opening day of his second annual Future Investment Initiative…
The Ochelli Effect – Facebook Jamal Khashoggi Ad
From Ochelli.com
Our attention turns from the markets to Sling TV and the collection of data by Facebook and other sites as they collect creepy levels of information.
Pearse Redmond joins the conversation in the second hour. Is there a better body double in the house?
MBS and the Turkish dictator seem to be playing with the Jamal Khashoggi narrative. Chuck and Pearse speculate about the motives.
Erdogan speaks out about Khashoggi murder, no mention of audio recording (Video)
Turkish President Erdogan did not reveal “the naked truth” as to who exactly killed Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a speech on Tuesday before the Turkish parliament, but as Zerohedge reports, Erdogan did raise important questions while providing the most detailed public statement yet on the killing, which corroborated several anonymously sourced reports that surfaced in recent days.
SUNDAY SCREENING: ‘Saudi Arabia Uncovered’ (2017)
This timely series released by the PBS in 2017 offers a few subtle clues as to where the current crisis in Riyadh may be heading.