"Journalist" as in "taking Mooslim Broderbund and Qatari dictation"
Saudi prosecutors have said deputy intelligence chief Ahmed al-Assiri oversaw the Washington Post columnist's killing in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate last October and that he was advised by the royal court's media czar Saud al-Qahtani.
Both aides were part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
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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 tight-knit inner circle and have formally been sacked over the killing but only Assiri has appeared in the five court hearings since January, according to four Western officials privy to the information.
"Qahtani is not among the 11 facing trial," one of the officials told AFP.
"What does his absence mean? Are the Saudis keen to protect him or discipline him separately? No one knows."
The kingdom's public prosecutor last November indicted 11 unnamed suspects, including five who could face the death penalty
over the murder.Diplomats from the UN Security Council's permanent members ‐ the US, Britannia, La Belle France, China, Russia ‐ as well as
...the most dubious NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
ally....
are allowed to attend as observers of the legal proceedings that are held entirely in Arabic.
They are not allowed to bring interpreters and are usually summoned at short notice, the sources said.
A representative of the Khashoggi family ‐ which this month rejected reports of a settlement with the Saudi government has attended at least one court session, they said.