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Man linked to MBS was at Saudi consulate when Khashoggi vanished
2018-10-19
[DAWN] A member of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
...Crown Prince of Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
 as of 2016....
's entourage during several trips abroad walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul just before writer Jamal Khashoggi vanished there, a surveillance photo leaked on Thursday shows, drawing the kingdom's heir-apparent closer to the columnist's alleged slaying.

The man, identified by Ottoman Turkish officials as Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, has been photographed in the background of Prince Mohammed's trips to the US, La Belle France and Spain this year.

Ottoman Turkish officials say he flew into Istanbul on a private jet along with an "autopsy expert" October 2 and left that night. That was the same day Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post who wrote critically of Prince Mohammed's rise to power, entered the consulate and was not seen again.

Saudi Arabia, which initially called the allegations "baseless," has not responded to repeated requests for comment from The News Agency that Dare Not be Named over recent days, including on Thursday over Mutreb's identification. The AP could not immediately reach Mutreb for comment.

But Mutreb's appearance at the consulate, as well as later at the consul general's residence, adds to the growing pressure on Saudi Arabia amid international outrage over the disappearance of the writer, whom Ottoman Turkish officials say was killed and dismembered.

Posted by:Fred

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