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ArtTownsend

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4. Khashoggi was not a dissident reporter until very late in his life.

Wed Jan 15, 2020, 03:05 PM

Jan 2020

He (and his family going back to his grandfather) was well-connected to the House of Saud - as well-connected as, for example, the bin Laden family.

He even worked for long-time head of Saudi intelligence and then Ambassador to the United Kingdom and (briefly) the United States Prince Turki bin Faisal - who had been Osama bin Laden’s patron in the 1980s war in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union. And Khashoggi publicly defended MBS, at least initially. His conversion to full-fledged Saudi dissident happened within the last year or two of his life.

I’m inclined to believe this story.

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Jamal Khashoggi "knew a lot about the Saudi government's involvement in 9/11", said families' lawyer [View all] ArtTownsend Jan 2020 OP

Bump. ArtTownsend Jan 2020 #1

Good Grief! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2020 #2

I know, right? ArtTownsend Jan 2020 #5

I'm a Conspiracy Theorist, and I would need to see a lot more evidence. A lot more. Midnight Writer Jan 2020 #3

Khashoggi was not a dissident reporter until very late in his life. ArtTownsend Jan 2020 #4

Kick ArtTownsend Jan 2020 #6

Another kick. I don't want this story to sink. ArtTownsend Jan 2020 #7

what was the deal that Jared made? Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2020 #8