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Saturday, October 20, 2018

Khashoggi Murder Suspect Dies In "Suspicious Car Accident"

A 31-year-old lieutenant in the Saudi Royal Air Force said to have participated in the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi died in a "suspicious car accident" in Riyadh, according to Turkish media.

Mashal Saad al-Bostani was reportedly on a 15-man hit squad dispatched to Saudi Arabia's Istanbul Consulate in Turkey on October 2 during Khashoggi's visit, before the team quickly left the country, according to daily Yeni Şafak.

Albostani entered Turkey at 1:45 a.m. local time (2245GMT). He stayed at the Wyndham Grand Hotel and left the country at 9:46 p.m. local time (1846GMT) on a private jet which belonged to the Sky Prime Aviation company. -Yeni Şafak

Bostani's alleged role in the murder of the Saudi journalist are unclear, as are details of the traffic accident in Riyadh - prompting accusations of a cover up by those who orchestrated the Khashoggi hit. Meanwhile, a columnist for Turkey's Daily Hürriyet wrote on Thursday that Mohammad al Otaibi, Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consul-general, would be "the next execution."

Turkish daily Yeni Şafak reported Oct. 17 that Al-Otaibi’s voice could be heard in one of the recordings, which Turkish authorities are believed to have, of Khashoggi’s “interrogation” at the consulate.

According to the report, after Al-Otaibi told the interrogators to “do it somewhere else outside or I will be in trouble,” he was told to “shut up if you want to live when you are back in Saudi Arabia.”

Al-Otaibi returned to Saudi Arabia on Oct. 16 before his residence in Istanbul was searched by police for more than eight hours on Oct. 17 and Oct. 18. -Daily Hürriyet

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Interesting story, for sure.
BUT... Who the hell gives a rat's a$$ about a Saudi citizen, killed in Turkey, a guy that happened to write a few stories for the Washing Post??
I feel badly for his family. BUT I'd like to remind the media that there are tens of thousands of people still in dire straits right here - right now - in FLORIDA!
Do we hear ANYTHING at all about that?
No.
The media is keying on this Saudi story for only one reason: Because they know that whatever decision Trump makes - either way -
will be "wrong". There is no easy answer to this situation.

Anonymous said...

Thank you 12:40
Now let's all move along please

Anonymous said...

Cleaning up loose ends. The Saudis can claim that the murder was accomplished by "rogue agents" operating outside the nation's oversight. The truth may never be known as the cover-ups progress.