US slaps sanctions on elite Saudi unit over Khashoggi murder
Source: Channel News Asia
The United States on Friday (Feb 26) imposed sanctions on an elite Saudi unit as well as a former intelligence official over their role in the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The Treasury Department said it would block assets and criminalize transactions with the Rapid Intervention Force, which a declassified intelligence report said was answerable to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as well as former intelligence official Ahmad al-Assiri.
"Those involved in the abhorrent killing of Jamal Khashoggi must be held accountable," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement.
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The report said that seven of the 15 members of the hit squad belonged to the Rapid Intelligence Force.
Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/us-slaps-sanctions-on-elite-saudi-unit-over-khashoggi-murder-14292466
Hmm. Not yet picked up by mainstream. Deliberately slow
TwilightZone
(25,457 posts)Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-khashoggi-sanctions-idUSKBN2AQ2QI
Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ginaheeb/2021/02/26/us-sanctions-saudis-involved-in-killing-khashoggi-but-doesnt-target-crown-prince/?sh=2cdbc19c4ac1
NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/world/middleeast/saudis-sanctions-khashoggi.html
CNN: https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/jamal-khashoggi-murder-us-intelligence-report/h_2a14b693e3036eb11797767a667bc6bc
Etc.
BlueWavePsych
(2,635 posts)rickyhall
(4,889 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Let the Saudi Royal Family work like the rest of us.
twodogsbarking
(9,730 posts)and are not friends of Americans. But then again, many Americans are not friends either.