Jamal Khashoggi: private WhatsApp messages may offer new clues to his murder
In his public writings, Jamal Khashoggi's criticism of Saudi Arabia and its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was measured. In private, the Washington Post columnist didn't hold back.
In more than 400 WhatsApp messages sent to a fellow Saudi exile in the year before he was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Khashoggi describes bin Salman -- often referred to as MBS -- as a "beast," a "pac-man" who would devour all in his path, even his supporters.
CNN has been granted exclusive access to the correspondence between Khashoggi and Montreal-based activist Omar Abdulaziz. The messages shared by Abdulaziz, which include voice recordings, photos and videos, paint a picture of a man deeply troubled by what he regarded as the petulance of his kingdom's powerful young prince.
"The more victims he eats, the more he wants," says Khashoggi in one message sent in May, just after a group of Saudi activists had been rounded up. "I will not be surprised if the oppression will reach even those who are cheering him on."
The exchanges reveal a progression from talk to action -- the pair had begun planning an online youth movement that would hold the Saudi state to account. "[Jamal] believed that MBS is the issue, is the problem and he said this kid should be stopped," Abdulaziz said in an interview with CNN.
But in August, when he believed their conversations may have been intercepted by Saudi authorities, a sense of foreboding descends over Khashoggi. "God help us," he wrote.
Two months later, he was dead.
Abdulaziz on Sunday launched a lawsuit against an Israeli company that invented the software he believes was used to hack his phone.
"The hacking of my phone played a major role in what happened to Jamal, I am really sorry to say," Abdelaziz told CNN. "The guilt is killing me."
French Citizens SHOCK Leftists with Chant “We want Trump!”
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A man in a Trump mask gets the crowd going, as he stands on top of a bus!
The crowd chants, “We want Trump! We want Trump!”
Yes, America, President Trump is the man. And don’t think France is the only place they prefer him as president. Trump impacts the world. And though the media refuses to report it, the world now follows the U.S.
Since he was barred from Barbara and McCain’s, he probably has funeral PTSD.
Barring him from those funerals was a political statement that actually dis- respected the dead. Backfires one after the other seems to be the best Trump's enemies can do.
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Walter Hinteler
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Mon 3 Dec, 2018 12:24 pm
@coldjoint,
The French "triompher" is a verb, sounds and looks very similar to the German noun Trumpf which became Americanised 'Trump'.
It's the actual (and ancient) slogan of the French ultra-gauche, now part of the « gilets jaunes ».
The Constitution and Electoral College disagree with you. You leftists spend so much time screaming about "democracy" that you forget about the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land.
On the contrary. 60% of the country cares deeply. That is why he lost the House. And why he's going to be the subject of unending investigations from jan. 20 on.
Bullshit, a large percentage of the Democratic base collect monies from the government. They vote for free stuff, so they vote Democratic. They care about the money. "Deeply"
Didn't I hear the other day that Hillary is considering a run in 2020? Talk about recycling the manure. Of course she can run all she want's to, the rest of the DNC field isn't going to care if it's her turn or not, they will be taking her out early, in the first few primary races. I expect there to be at least 25 people who will run for the DNC crown to go up against... Likely Trump, but I'm expecting the GOP to throw a curve ball and have a few people announce that they want to run against Trump on the GOP ticket. I expect him to lose and we will not have an incumbent being sworn in Jan 2021, it won't be Hillary either, the DNC will be selecting someone younger, maybe Harris or Booker for the DNC seat. I have no idea who will win though.
