This case has been boiling beneath the surface for the last few days. According to BBC news, they believe the murder of reporter Khashoggi may have been a well played hoax! According to BBC news:
“Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz’s denial comes 11 days after Mr Khashoggi was last seen entering the consulate.
Turkish sources allege he was then killed by a team of Saudi agents.
A Turkish security source told the BBC that officials have audio and video evidence proving the killing.
Saudi Arabia has maintained the journalist, a critic of the government, left the building shortly after arriving on 2 October.
The interior minister said on Friday the kingdom was keen to uncover “the whole truth”, according to the official Saudi Press Agency, stressing reports “about orders to kill” are “baseless”.(BBC).”
BBC later goes on to tell us a little bit about MR Kashoggi. BBC claims:
“Mr Khashoggi is a prominent journalist who has covered major stories, including the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the rise of Osama Bin Laden, for various Saudi news organisations.
He served as an adviser to top Saudi officials, but later fell out of favour with the government.
He went into self-imposed exile in the US last year, and has written a monthly column in the Washington Post in which he has criticized the policies of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
In his first column for the newspaper, Mr Khashoggi said that he feared being arrested in an apparent crackdown on dissent overseen by the prince since he became first in line to succeed his father King Salman earlier that year.(BBC).”
BBC did a fair job summing up both sides of this debate. Although the Saudi Arabian government claims to have had no hand in the brutal murder of this famous reports, We can all see potential for why the government would want to kill Khashoggi. His death would mean one less reporter they have to worry about using his power of speech that may sway public vote away from the current for of government to a more free form of government as democracy.
So how does this death have anything to do with American politics? For one thing, president, Donald Trump has stated there would be severe punishments U.S. government found the Saudi government were responsible for this event. The U.S. government has several military deal with the Saudi Arabian government which may be terminated in response for this action.
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