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Monday December 23, 19

Five sentenced to death in Kamal Khashoggi assassination

01:25 PM
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[Edit - forgot to link story:] From here:

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said on Monday five people had been sentenced to death over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October last year, but two top figures investigated over the killing have been exonerated.

"The court issued death sentences on five men who directly took part in the killing," the prosecutor, Shalaan al-Shalaan, said in a statement.

Saudi prosecutors had said deputy intelligence chief Ahmed al-Assiri oversaw the Washington Post columnist's killing in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate in October 2018 and that he was advised by the royal court's media czar Saud al-Qahtani.

Moving on

Of the 11 unnamed individuals indicted in the case, five were sentenced to death, while three face jail terms totalling 24 years, and the others were acquitted. All can appeal the verdicts.

A key thing here is that it's a huge public acknowledgement that the Kingdom killed Khashoggi. But none of the higher ups involved, particularly the Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman are affected. And it remains to be seen what comes of the people sentenced to death. They might win those appeals or their executions might be faked.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday December 23 2019, @03:21PM (5 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday December 23 2019, @03:21PM (#935495) Homepage Journal

    But none of the higher ups involved, particularly the Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman are affected.

    Maybe not totally unaffected. The prince has lost face, or whatever the Arabs might call it. His prestige has been tarnished. The House of Saud has been embarrassed, and he won't be allowed to forget that. Will he become king now?

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    • (Score: 1, Troll) by Reziac on Monday December 23 2019, @03:37PM (1 child)

      by Reziac (2489) on Monday December 23 2019, @03:37PM (#935508) Homepage

      Ya know, if they'd arrested and tried him as the Muslim Brotherhood hostile operative and double agent he really was, they wouldn't be having this problem today.

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      And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 23 2019, @03:44PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 23 2019, @03:44PM (#935512)

        What problem? The guy is dead, the royalty is in place, and the axis US - Israel - KSA holds strong.
        The Bezos Post's chattering matters what?

    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday December 23 2019, @10:11PM (2 children)

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday December 23 2019, @10:11PM (#935654) Journal

      Oh please, it's just another day in the life. SNAFU There's hardly anything newsworthy in this story. It could indeed be all fake. All the same institutions remain at large.

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  • (Score: 2) by dry on Tuesday December 24 2019, @02:43AM

    by dry (223) on Tuesday December 24 2019, @02:43AM (#935753) Journal

    Shows the dangers of being a henchman for the Saudi's as well as other evil overlords.

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