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1/ The murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi topped off a year of tense U.S.-Saudi relations. Here are our best stories from the region ⬇️
2/ @StevenACook anticipates crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s downfall. foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/07/moh…
3/ Long before Khashoggi’s murder, the U.S.-Saudi relationship was already on the rocks, @Dr_Ulrichsen writes. foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/21/cro…
4/ From @RobbieGramer, @KFJ_FP, and @ColumLynch: The horrors of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/11/u-s…
5/ How did the Saudi crown prince make friends in high places—only to become more savage in his crackdown at home? @michaelphirsh digs in. foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/10/the…
6/ From @KFJ_FP: Russia and Saudi Arabia are forging closer ties after the Khashoggi scandal. foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/06/are…
7/ Read our full roundup here. foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/25/rec…
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#Saudi feminist Loujain al-Hathloul, 29, was detained in May in unprecedented crackdown vs feminists. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aide Saud al-Qahtani, personally oversaw her interrogation, which incl waterboarding & threatened to rape & kill her google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.…
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Glad to see some finally pay attention to misogyny in #Saudi Arabia - I call it gender apartheid. RIP Jamal Khashoggi. It should not be lost on us that it took the murder of a man for some to finally pay attention to women.
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1. @Americanlll @MastersShelby @Dina1trump @DineshDSouza @RealEyeTheSpy @TheRealRaNon @GenFlynn @martingeddes @O_IrishT @prayingmedic @qanon76 @WeAreOne_Q @RandPaul @Semaphore89

The Khashoggi incident will be blown wide open...again. This time, will @POTUS make his move?
2. @LindseyGrahamSC gave a STRONG statement after a secret briefing by the C_A about the #Khashoggi incident. Watch this whole video (7 minutes), not just the portions being given by others. Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) has been put on notice.

3. Graham pulls no punches in addressing MBS and his abusive, chaotic, dangerous, criminal behavior. This is going to resonate widely throughout the Senate and I believe it will be addressed on the Senate floor in the coming days. Some think this issue is not an important one.
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1. @Americanlll @Dina1trump @MastersShelby @RealEyeTheSpy @O_IrishT @_ImperatorRex_ @prayingmedic @qanon76 @WeAreOne_Q

Where'd the story on #Khashoggi go? The media narrative on him was nonstop 24/7 for 2 weeks then BAM, his story disappeared as fast as he did. Why? Read on...
2. Folks, this Khashoggi incident has WAY too many suspicious angles to it. You all know I've written multiple pieces on this as events and facts have developed. I still stand by my very first writing, a theme I have carried the whole time. This incident is doing one major thing.
3. From the earliest of campaign speeches, @realDonaldTrump spoke VERY unfavorably of the Saudis. Many times he's said they were responsible for 9/11 and that we invaded the wrong country by going to Iraq, implicating we should've invaded Saudi! He's also said for far too long...
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1) I’ll bet you $10 #Khashoggi is alive.

It’s a lunchtime #coffeetime.
Thursday, October 18, 2018.
2) This first part is shameless marketing for my upcoming book. Just give me 2 Tweets and then we'll move on.
3) But you need to know how I know the #Khashoggi thing is bullshit.
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Turkey has concluded that Jamal #Khashoggi, a prominent journalist from Saudi Arabia, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this week by a 15-member Saudi team sent “specifically for the murder" washingtonpost.com/world/middle_e…
"#Khashoggi visited the consulate to obtain documents related to his upcoming wedding.

The killing, if confirmed, would mark a stunning escalation of Saudi Arabia’s effort to silence dissent, rounding up clerics, business execs & women’s rights advocates"
"The initial assessment of the Turkish police is that Mr. #Khashoggi has been killed at the consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. We believe that the murder was premeditated and the body was subsequently moved out of the consulate." reuters.com/article/us-sau…
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1/ The #Saudi kidnapping of #Khashoggi reminds me of the kidnapping of #Hariri. It is meant to embarrass the other party, this time the gov of #Turkey, and provoke a diplomatic crisis. This is drug Cartel methods. It has no other goal than to assert power over the other.
2/ However, resorting to these methods to assert power in the political and international affairs sphere is always a sign of weakness and a sign of a power in crisis. #SaudiArabia
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