*Deep breaths*
It’s easy to get lost in the grief and outrage over Trump siding Saudi regime that thinks nothing of butchering peaceful journalists in consulates.
But hope is not all lost. Congress must act, and the American people can still help.
Here’s a thread #Khashoggi
It’s easy to get lost in the grief and outrage over Trump siding Saudi regime that thinks nothing of butchering peaceful journalists in consulates.
But hope is not all lost. Congress must act, and the American people can still help.
Here’s a thread #Khashoggi
1. Trump has basically chosen to ignore the CIA’s “high confidence” conclusion that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered #Khashoggi’s murder.
As @ThePlumLineGS and @paulwaldman1 note, Dem oversight can help flesh out the CIA’s conclusions
wapo.st/2qXD8oE
As @ThePlumLineGS and @paulwaldman1 note, Dem oversight can help flesh out the CIA’s conclusions
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2) the Former CIA chief, @JohnBrennan has said that Congress should move to declassify the CIA intelligence on the Saudis, Mohammed bin Salman, and the #Khashoggi murder.
Congress must move in that direction.
Congress must move in that direction.
Congress must investigate Trump’s and Jared Kushner's financial dealings with Saudi Arabia and Mohammed bin Salman and resulting conflicts of interest.
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MbS once reportedly bragged about having Kushner “in his pocket”
bit.ly/2qWlfqe
wapo.st/2qXD8oE
MbS once reportedly bragged about having Kushner “in his pocket”
bit.ly/2qWlfqe
4) Khalid bin Salman, Saudi Ambassador to D.C. (brother of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman) was named by the CIA in the plot to lure #Khashoggi away from Washington. He was part of the cover-up, spreading falsehoods to reporters.
He should be formally expelled from Washington.
He should be formally expelled from Washington.
5) @SenBobCorker + @SenatorMenendez have now called for Trump to specifically make a determination on whether the administration believes that Mohammed bin Salman was involved in #Khashoggi’s murder, under the Magnitsky Act.
Trump has 120 days to reply.
politi.co/2r0pscJ
Trump has 120 days to reply.
politi.co/2r0pscJ
6) Also as @ThePlumLineGS reported earlier, Rep. Eliot Engel, the incoming chair of the House Foreign relations committee, may investigate whether the Trump administration went along with the Saudi regime’s attempts to whitewash #khashoggi’s murder.
wapo.st/2r032Za
wapo.st/2r032Za
7) There is talk that the Saudis may choose a woman ambassador (Princess Reema) to come to Washington.
Women shouldn’t be used to whitewash brutality
Especially as long as Saudi Arabia is jailing, torturing, + sexually abusing women’s rights activists
wapo.st/2qXnCJH
Women shouldn’t be used to whitewash brutality
Especially as long as Saudi Arabia is jailing, torturing, + sexually abusing women’s rights activists
wapo.st/2qXnCJH
8) This tragedy is not just about Jamal #khashoggi, as painful as his murder is.
The United States should press Saudi Arabia for the release of jailed reformers. Jamal wrote about many of them.
First name: Women’s rights activist Loujain al Hathloul.
wapo.st/2qYu2s3
The United States should press Saudi Arabia for the release of jailed reformers. Jamal wrote about many of them.
First name: Women’s rights activist Loujain al Hathloul.
wapo.st/2qYu2s3
9) A big part of Mohammed bin Salman’s expensive charm offensive in the West was his ending the ban on women driving.
The West ate it all up.
Little did we know, that MbS jailed many of the women who campaigned to drive.
Now they are being tortured.
wapo.st/2qYF4xu
The West ate it all up.
Little did we know, that MbS jailed many of the women who campaigned to drive.
Now they are being tortured.
wapo.st/2qYF4xu
10) 29 year old women’s rights activist Loujain Hathloul was kidnapped from Abu Dhabi in the UAE and transferred to Saudi Arabia where she has been sitting in prison.
Americans should press for Loujain’s release, and the release of other women campaigners from Saudi prisons.
Americans should press for Loujain’s release, and the release of other women campaigners from Saudi prisons.
And of course, it is time to end U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s brutal war in Yemen.
In the last piece we worked on together while he was alive, #Khashoggi called for his country to end Yemen's “cruel war”
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In the last piece we worked on together while he was alive, #Khashoggi called for his country to end Yemen's “cruel war”
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10) The United States and the UK must push for an end to the atrocious war in Yemen.
As former Obama WH coordinator for the Middle East Philip Gordon writes,” on almost every measure, Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen has failed.”
wapo.st/2FxzqMA #khashoggi
As former Obama WH coordinator for the Middle East Philip Gordon writes,” on almost every measure, Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen has failed.”
wapo.st/2FxzqMA #khashoggi
11) If the United States can help save the lives of other brave reformers imprisoned and tortured in Saudi Arabia — or if we finally move to help stop the bloodshed in Yemen, the bittersweet truth is #Khashoggi will have done more in death than he did in life.
12) And of course, people all around the world can help by reading and sharing Jamal #Khashoggi's work at the
@WashingtonPost. Teachers and professors can include his articles in their coursework.
You can find his work in English and Arabic here: wapo.st/2FB6VOe
@WashingtonPost. Teachers and professors can include his articles in their coursework.
You can find his work in English and Arabic here: wapo.st/2FB6VOe
Jamal #Khashoggi wanted to live in Washington so that he could be free. And for a year, he was.
It is why the fight for #JusticeForJamal is global— its about the freedom for peaceful people and journalists to express themselves without fear of imprisonment and death.
It is why the fight for #JusticeForJamal is global— its about the freedom for peaceful people and journalists to express themselves without fear of imprisonment and death.
