Saud al Qahtani Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/saud-al-qahtani/ The low down on African affairs Sun, 22 Dec 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Saud al Qahtani Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/saud-al-qahtani/ 32 32 Five sentenced to die for Jamal Khashoggi killing https://jjcornish.com/2019/12/five-sentenced-to-die-for-jamal-khashoggi-killing/ Sun, 22 Dec 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/12/five-sentenced-to-die-for-jamal-khashoggi-killing/ The Saudi Crown Court has sentenced five people to death for the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi Three others have been jailed for what Saudi authorities insists was a rogue operation. The killing, dismemberment and disposal of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October last year is the grissly stuff of […]

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]]> The Saudi Crown Court has sentenced five people to death for the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Three others have been jailed for what Saudi authorities insists was a rogue operation.

The killing, dismemberment and disposal of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October last year is the grissly stuff of horror movies.

It has done irreparable damage to the reputation of Saudi Arabia. Certainly as much harm as the 9/11 attacks on Manhattan and Washington by Saudi-trained terrorists.

Many major newspapers and analysts say it could never have happened without approval from the very top.

That’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

His closest advisor Saud al-Qahtani was investigated but not charged.

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