Disturbing leaks emerge in the Khashoggi murder including allegations that the reporter was strangled and dismembered, …
- Prosecutor Says Khashoggi Was Strangled and Dismembered, but Fate of Body Still a Mystery (Washington Post)
and his body dissolved in acid on the consulate grounds, …
- Trump and the Saudis Keep Fumbling After Khashoggi’s Killing (Washington Post)
… and that in the wake of the murder the Saudis publicly extolled him as a “friend [who dedicated] a great portion of his life to serve his country” while privately telling Jared Kushner and John Bolton that he was a “dangerous Islamist”:
- Saudi Crown Prince Described Slain Journalist as a Dangerous Islamist in Call with White House (Washington Post)
“Israeli public broadcaster KAN reports that information from spy agency Mossad helped lead to the arrest…. Iran was quick to dismiss the claims as fiction” with a foreign ministry spokesman attributing the allegations to “the enemy’s plots and conspiracies” against emerging European-Iranian cooperation:
“Through this campaign, we hope to send a united message from the Jewish and Muslim communities that there is no place for this type of hate and violence in America”:
- US Urges End to Devastating Saudi-Iran Proxy War in Yemen (Economic Times)
“Khashoggi’s death shows disconnect between religion and religious-based leadership”:
- Islam and Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder (My Joy Online)
“Our issue is not a piece of cloth or our headcovers, we take issue with you coercing us, with you deciding our destiny. … We want to scream a just culture off the top of our lungs: ‘the right to choose! No to coercion'”:
- Shocking Moment Morality Police RUN OVER ‘a Female Student Protesting Compulsory Hijab Laws’ in Iran (Daily Mail)
Jason Rezaian who spent 544 days imprisoned by the Iranians says, “Altering bad behavior through prolonged commercial relations — even with old adversaries — has proved a much more effective strategy for the United States than sanctioning governments into submission”:
- Don’t Sanction Iran — Trade with It (Washington Post)
