Crown Prince’s Brother Met With Khashoggi, Wanted Him To Return To Saudi Arabia

on June 6, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 06: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) greets The Saudi Ambassador to the United States Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz during an Iftar dinner in the State Dining Room at the White House Ju... WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 06: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) greets The Saudi Ambassador to the United States Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz during an Iftar dinner in the State Dining Room at the White House June 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. The Iftar is the dinner that ends the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi met with Saudi Prince Khalid bin Salman, who is the crown prince’s brother and also serves as the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., at the Saudi Embassy in Washington in late 2017 or early 2018, NBC News reported.

Khashoggi’s friends told NBC about the discussion, and the Saudi Embassy confirmed the two met. It was not entirely clear what the two discussed, but, according to friends, Saudi royals had been trying to coax Khashoggi into returning to Saudi Arabia for months. The talk was reportedly cordial and lasted about 30 minutes.

According to NBC, both Khalid and Saud bin Abdullah Al Qahtani, a senior official who was recently fired for his role in Khashoggi’s death, had courted Khashoggi for at least a year and told him he would be welcomed back despite his dissident writing about the kingdom. Al Qahtani offered to give Khashoggi a prominent job.

After blanket denials of knowledge of his disappearance, Saudi officials acknowledged over the weekend that Khashoggi had been killed by “rogue” agents inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. They claimed his death was the result of a fistfight, despite reports that Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and dismembered.

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  1. Yeah, buddy.

    Sure looks like the whole f***ing family is involved in this murder.

  2. Avatar for tsp tsp says:

    If Saddam Hussein and his sons were menacing tyrants, well,

    Any guesses?

  3. Avatar for ceenik ceenik says:

    So, part of the plot or a cause of it?

  4. Avatar for eb5 eb5 says:

    He needs to be expelled.

  5. One aspect of all this I find mystifying is why the U.S. and others aren’t insisting on being told where Khashoggi’s body is. The Saudis have conceded he died in the consulate, regardless all the other chaff discharged with their explanations. Sanctions are justified if for no other reason than Saudi refusal to produce the body.

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