Posted on 11/15/2018 8:41:09 AM PST by Steve1999
Saudi Arabia is seeking the death penalty for five suspects in the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
In a Thursday statement, the Saudi public prosecutor said that 11 suspects had been indicted in Khashoggi's death and that he had requested the death penalty for five of them. None of the suspects were named.
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Like Jimmy Burke from Goodfellas. Have a bunch of people do a crime for you, then kill them all so they can’t rat you out.
It is not all that uncommon.
Killing faithful servants for “reasons of state” is biblical.
Consider Uriah.
And that was over a woman, Bathsheba, who became a direct ancestor of Jesus.
Like Jimmy Burke from Goodfellas.
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It seemed like easy money, but didn’t everybody end up dead or ruined?
Whoda thunk?
..prefers his head firmly attached to his shoulders.
Oh, good!
I’m glad we got that all cleared up.
We’ve got some aircraft and ordnance to sell.
Who matters less than why.
And if someone is trying to gin up a game of lets-you-and-him-fight, I say we shouldn’t oblige.
It seems who we “believe” is more about the money than the truth.
The answer is always Follow The Money.
By the way, I don’t much mind watching two a**holes (Iran and Saudi) beat each other down as long as the whole bar doesn’t end up in a brawl.
Not always about money. I find Cui Bono is a better rule of thumb. :-)
well, there you go ..
The prince is a swell guy.
. . . carry on as usual
lol
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