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Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée says Biden visit to Saudi Arabia is "heartbreaking"
Axios ^ | Jul 14, 2022 | Erin Doherty

Posted on 07/16/2022 3:49:14 PM PDT by george76

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To: george76
Biden said he hopes his trip will "reassert" U.S. influence in the Middle East.

Fat chance of that happening. He thinks that showing up empty handed is gonna make a big impression.

The man is a schlemazel.

schli·ma·zel

n. Slang (Hebrew)

Related to schlemazel: shlemiel

An extremely unlucky or inept person, a habitual failure, someone who tends to do everything wrong.

21 posted on 07/16/2022 4:54:08 PM PDT by Grim (Michael Moore is a big fat pig.)
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To: george76
Who gives a rat's hindquarters? Even if the killing was unjustified it was just one guy.And it must be understood that the Saudis’ agreeing to sign on to the agreements between Israel and other gulf states would be huge in keeping Iran at bay.
22 posted on 07/16/2022 4:59:11 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: PghBaldy
It's because Saudi Arabia knows what pronouns to use....what gender people are...and that Israel is not the most dangerous country on earth.
23 posted on 07/16/2022 5:01:21 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: george76

Wouldn’t that be “former fiancee?”


24 posted on 07/16/2022 5:39:02 PM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: george76

Kashoggi was talking crap about the Saudi “royal” family.

They killed him for it.

It’s not that there isn’t much to write about these so-called royals, bit they do have control of the apparatus necessary to snuff out dissenters as an example to others..


25 posted on 07/16/2022 5:41:04 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (The democRATS are not looking to govern, they intIend to RULE.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

It was about bashing Trump.


26 posted on 07/16/2022 5:42:09 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PghBaldy
I never could understand the weird fascination among the left with Khashoggi.

No kidding. The left didn't want to hear from Jamiel Shaw Sr about an illegal killing his son, Jamiel Jr.

27 posted on 07/16/2022 5:48:36 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: faithhopecharity

If it helps drive his poll numbers toward zero, I almost dont mind his stupidity.


28 posted on 07/16/2022 6:11:38 PM PDT by Greg123456
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To: george76

Odd story. He was a Saudi Arabian citizen.


29 posted on 07/16/2022 6:11:50 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: george76

Jamal Kashoggie, arms dealer, son of an arms dealer.


30 posted on 07/16/2022 6:19:03 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: Glad2bnuts

4 years later and the media is still obsessed with Saint Jamal.


31 posted on 07/16/2022 6:28:21 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: george76

MBS is going to charge Joe Biden and America for the oil he just got done buying from Russia. He must have been thinking how fun it is to do that.

That is why he was grinning like a Cheshire cat during Biden’s visit.


32 posted on 07/16/2022 6:34:09 PM PDT by dforest (We have to put a stop to this now.)
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To: Grim

Saudi Arabia is joining BRICS.


33 posted on 07/16/2022 7:51:09 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: xp38

She truly doesn’t see things clearly - further the US Pres. isn’t her personal message carrier.....it’s ridiculous the media is making issue of this woman as she wasn’t even his wife .


34 posted on 07/16/2022 7:56:41 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: george76

The whole post :

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3706923/posts#4

The truth about Khashoggi should come out. Essentially he was a gun runner for the MB, and an Obama double agent for Arab Spring.

The Saudis tried to flip Khashoggi back to the Saudi fold, he refused, and he was eliminated.

The only sin the Saudis committed was that they did a messy job because of impatience. They could have waited a few more days to arrange a much more auspicious end.

You want to know the real Khashoggi, he was not just a “journalist” as the American left and deep state wants us all to think, he was so much more, which is why he was assassinated:

THE FORGOTTEN KHASHOGGI CONNECTIONS

https://gizadeathstar.com/2018/10/the-forgotten-khashoggi-connection/

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Also:

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-17/jamal-khashoggi-where-road-damascus-path-911-converge

” Which begs the obvious question: Who was Jamal Khashoggi and why has his disappearance and alleged murder triggered this unprecedented, and out of character response from so many in Washington DC?

Unfortunately, the answer to that question makes the many statements and support currently being given by so many in Washington even more incomprehensible. Because Jamal Khashoggi was no Mother Theresa.

First, let me be crystal clear—>Jamal Khashoggi was not merely a journalist working for the Washington Post.

Additionally, Jamal Khashoggi was not just an outspoken critic of current Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

Simple research reveals a much more colorful background of Jamal Khashoggi. https://spectator.us/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi/

To start, a person should read the Chicago Tribune article from 2004 that talks about Jamal Khashoggi being recruited by Adel Batterjee http://historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=adel_abdul_jalil_batterjee in the 1980’s to get the “scoop of a lifetime.” That assignment was to go with Batterjee to Afghanistan and hang-out with the CIA/Saudi mujahideen fighting against the Soviets. The article is long and very well-researched. I highly suggest you take the time to read it because it details very clearly and specifically why and how Jamal Khashoggi knew so much about al Qaeda, the CIA, the Saudis, and much of the financing, funding, and organizing of Bin Laden that led to the 9/11 attacks. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0402220496feb22-story.html

Next, I would encourage you to read some of Jamal Khashoggi’s opinion pieces from the Daily Star. Notably, do not read the ones cherry-picked by David Ignatius. Read some of the others that include some fairly fiery words from Khashoggi: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2002/Jan-07/108710-combating-extremism-must-be-for-islams-sake-not-americas.ashx and http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2002/Jan-15/108152-examining-the-state-of-the-great-saudi-american-meltdown.ashx and http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2002/Jan-23/109014-us-combat-of-terrorist-financing-is-exasperating-the-saudis.ashx and http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2002/Sep-17/101910-where-islam-is-concerned-the-world-has-become-colorblind.ashx and http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2003/Feb-22/110816-why-saudis-are-unruffled-by-us-call-for-reform.ashx and http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2003/Jan-27/109765-bring-back-the-occupation.ashx

Also, please note that in one of the leading books written about the 9/11 attacks, Lawrence Wright’s, “The Looming Tower,” Jamal Khashoggi is portrayed by Wright as a “friend” of Bin Laden. Khashoggi is not a “journalist” who reports on bin Laden. Rather he is described as Osama Bin Laden’s friend. And the Bin Laden/Khashoggi friendship apparently spans more than a decade—from Afghanistan, to Pakistan, to the Sudan.

In addition, also note that Jamal Khashoggi was closely connected to Prince Turki al Faisal. Prince Turki was the head of Saudi intelligence for more than 20 years. Interestingly, he resigned from his post 10 days before 9/11. Probably more interestingly, Turki is the man who allegedly brokered the deal with Bin Laden back in 1998 where, in exchange for money and support, Bin Laden would not attack the Saudi Royal Family. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/563318/posts Some believe that this agreement paved the way for the 9/11 attacks and various intelligence agencies around the globe “looking the other way” or “turning a blind eye” to al Qaeda’s actions in the lead up to 9/11. http://historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=turki_bin_faisal_bin_abdul_aziz_al_saud Notably, Prince Turki al Faisal was also one of the first named defendants in the 9/11 Families’ litigation. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/02/september11.politics He was dismissed from the case years ago due to grounds of sovereign immunity.

Moreover, Jamal Khashoggi was also closely connected to Prince Alaweed bin Talal who was held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel last year by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Additionally, reporting also links Talal to the 9/11 attacks. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/11390705/Saudi-princes-supported-al-Qaeda-before-911-claims-twentieth-hijacker.html and https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/world/middleeast/pre-9-11-ties-haunt-saudis-as-new-accusations-surface.html and https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-20/alwaleed-reveals-secret-deal-struck-to-exit-ritz-after-83-days

Finally, there is Khashoggi’s family connection to Adnan Khashoggi, the notorious Saudi arm’s dealer at the center of the CIA’s Iran-Contra fiasco back in the 80’s. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/adnan-khashoggi-dead-saudi-arms-dealer-playboy-pleasure-wives-billionaire-lifestyle-wealth-profit-a7778031.html

Just because Jamal Khashoggi was around during the original days of al Qaeda’s creation, knew how all the Islamic charities were set up and how al Qaeda funds moved around the world, was a friend of Bin Laden’s for at least two decades, was very connected to Saudi intelligence and quite possibly, (like his Uncle Adnan) worked with the CIA, it doesn’t necessarily mean that Jamal Khashoggi was a bad actor.

But, I’m someone who believes that you judge a man’s character by the company he keeps which is why I find the current uproar over what happened to Jamal so curious.

One last fact to mention: the timing of Khashoggi’s disappearance when taken in connection with the 9/11 Families’ litigation. Last Friday, something very notable happened in the 9/11 litigation against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. For the first time ever, the Department of Justice stood on the side of the 9/11 Families and publicly committed to finally releasing three large tranches of formerly secret documents that we believe connect the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the 9/11 attacks. This is the biggest development we have had in our over 16 years of litigation.

In a time when news lasts about as long as a minute, why has the story of Jamal Khashoggi dominated headlines for more than a week? Was Jamal Khashoggi ever questioned by the FBI at any time before or after the 9/11 attacks? If not, why not? Was Jamal Khashoggi ever employed by the CIA? Was Jamal Khashoggi ever deemed an asset of the CIA? When did Jamal’s employment for Saudi intelligence come to an end? Was Jamal Khashoggi a joint asset between the GIA and the CIA? Did Jamal Khashoggi ever have any contact with the 9/11 hijackers or anyone in the support network of the 9/11 hijackers inside the United States? And, why did it take 15 Saudi assassins to kill Jamal Khashoggi? Doesn’t that seem a bit like overkill? And, is it just a coincidence that there were 15 Saudi hijackers on 9/11? Why would Jamal Khashoggi willingly go to the Saudi Consulate in Turkey—especially given his alleged sour relationship with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman? What would inspire him to go there? And what was the entreaty MBS allegedly made to Jamal more than one month ago about anyways? Was it made in earnest? What was Jamal Khashoggi really doing at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul? “

4 posted on 2018-11-19, 6:52:58 AM by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)


35 posted on 07/16/2022 8:07:26 PM PDT by Candor7 (ObamaFascism:https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: Greg123456

Good point


36 posted on 07/16/2022 9:17:43 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: PghBaldy

he was an Iranian spy and spread pro Iranian propaganda, and Obama and friends loved Iran.

one of his propaganda pieces was published in the WaPost, so the left calls him a journalist.

Iran is an enemy of the Saudis and is in a proxy war with them: their proxies in Yemen frequently send missiles into Saudi oil fields. The west laments the starving in Yemen, but like the poor in Gaza never questions why they can afford millions of dollars for missiles but no money for food.


37 posted on 07/16/2022 10:58:12 PM PDT by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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To: escapefromboston

Great Honk!


38 posted on 07/17/2022 12:15:33 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: george76

Khashoggi was not truly a “journalist”, just a pretend one while he shilled for the Muslim Brotherhood, which is an existential threat to the Saudi rulers.


39 posted on 07/17/2022 4:48:08 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: PghBaldy

“I never could understand the weird fascination among the left with Khashoggi.”

He could be used as a club on Trump, knowing that Trump couldn’t respond without risking collapse of the Saudi government.

It’s that simple - no fascination with him, or we would have heard his name, at least once in a while, BEFORE he was killed.


40 posted on 07/18/2022 9:11:09 AM PDT by BobL (My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
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