Members of Saudi team that killed Khashoggi received training in US: report

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Members of the Saudi team that killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi received training in the United States, the Washington Post has reported, revealing other new elements in the death of the newspaper's former contributor.

A critic of the Saudi regime, Khashoggi was killed and dismembered October 2 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by a team of 15 agents sent from Riyadh. His body has never been recovered.

After having denied the murder, Saudi Arabia said the operation was carried out by agents who were out of control. A trial of 11 suspects opened earlier this year in Saudi Arabia.

But much of the case remains shrouded, beginning with the role of Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince and de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman.

The US Senate, after a closed-door briefing by the CIA, adopted a resolution naming the crown prince as "responsible" for the murder, while President Donald Trump has refused to publicly take a stand.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/members-of-saudi-team-that-killed-khashoggi-received-training-in-us-report/ar-BBVqtsM?ocid=spartandhp

Trump loves his handsome prince.

[malaise]

1. OMFG

Rec

[magicarpet]

5. Just like training Saudi death squads,.. School of the Americas,.. US Army & CIA trained,...

.... Central and South American dictators to use death squads to keep their Banana Republic Juntas glued together and erase any political resistance.

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/28/opinion/school-of-the-dictators.html

[jalan48]

6. +1

[OhNo-Really]

11. +2

[malaise]

7. That's the absolute truth

and there were and are some of these goons in the Caribbean as well

[spanone]

2. K&R...

[catbyte]

3. Does anybody know when they received this training? The article doesn't say.

[magicarpet]

8. This death squad training goes way back...

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/28/opinion/school-of-the-dictators.html

[McKim]

14. School of the Americas at Fort Benning GA?

Was it School of the Americas at Fort Benning Georgia? This was a favorite place to train death squads for Latin America.

[mopinko]

17. it's still there. they just changed the name.

[OhNo-Really]

13. A Private Arkansas company

Wall Street private equity firms own a huge number of private military companies

Heck, Michael Chertoff helped broker Prince’s sale of Blackwater.

Private “security” companies are the revolving $$ doors for well behaved military officers who succumb to wanting a lot more money

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2010/11/26/923395/-Private-Equity-Firms-Own-War-Contractors

Tons of info here
https://democraticunderground.com/100210314047

[enough]

4. As have so many before them. NT

[cstanleytech]

9. And Repugnants try to claim the fig leaf of being pro life, what a sick joke.

[George II]

10. I wouldn't be surprised if donny jr. and eric watched the training gleefully from the gallery.

[SergeStorms]

12. Jared's best buddy.

I'm wondering how much this was worth to old 666 Park Ave. Jared? That and the silence of Donnie Dim-Wit to go along with it. The deeds of this administration will never be expunged from American history. The Trump crime family strikes again.

[czarjak]

15. "You think we're so innocent"?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

16. We are unmasked. Just in time for the end of civilization.

It feels like we are living in the Twilight Zone.