The Turks Aren't Buying the Saudi-Trump 'Cover-Up' in the Khashoggi Murder

[DonViejo]

Looks like heads will roll in Saudi Arabia, literally, as Mohammed bin Salman’s underlings are accused of murdering the Washington Post columnist while the prince was oblivious.

Roy Gutman
11.15.18 5:43 PM ET

ISTANBUL— Turkey pressed on with its demands for a full accounting from Saudi Arabia for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi early last month– dismissing a Saudi prosecutor’s indictments Thursday as an attempt to cover up the murder.

Turkey also rejected a reported White House plan to expel Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic preacher, from the United States in exchange for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan easing the pressure for a full investigation.

The U.S. aim appears to be to protect Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who’s been widely viewed as the likely source of the order to kill the Washington Post columnist. The Turkish rejection of the reported U.S. bid was both swift and blunt.

“At no point did Turkey offer to hold back on the Khashoggi investigation in return for Fethullah Gulen’s extradition,” a senior Turkish official said Thursday night. Turkey’s request for Gulen’s extradition n and the investigation into the Khashoggi murder “are two separate issues. They are not connected in any way, shape or form.”

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[empedocles]

1. The Turks seem to be handling this issue patiently, persistently and well.

Good, and important, to not see this issue quietly fade.

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2. It will be interesting to see how long this holds. NT