A member of the 15-man assassination squad suspected of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul was captured on camera wearing the writer’s clothes, a fake beard and glasses the day he was slain in an apparent attempt to be a body double.
According to a Monday CNN report, Turkish officials said that the impersonator was Mustafa al-Madani, who was sent to Istanbul to pose as the journalist due to their similar heights and builds.
“You don’t need a body double for a rendition or an interrogation,” the official told CNN. “Our assessment has not changed since October 6. This was a premeditated murder and the body was moved out of the consulate.”
“Khashoggi’s clothes were probably still warm when Madani put them on,” the official added.
This explains the first story, that Khashoggi was seen leaving the embassy.
This Turkish official fails to explain Khashoggi’s success in the octagon in the consulate basement before his demise. Word is out he pinned 7 of the 18 assassins and fought two more to a draw before a headbutt knocked him out and he was declared the loser.
The reporters who pegged this as a premeditated murder had me at bone saw. This is an horrific act by jared’s bestie.
Watching the footage of the look alike in Khashoggi’s clothes walking around Istanbul is chilling. Rogue element my ass.
I’m traveling in Bhutan right now and I can assure you that nearly all of our group has at least one bone saw in our luggage. Doesn’t everyone travel that way?