Friday, May 29, 2020

The Next Jamal Khashoggi?



The sinister ruler of Saudi Arabia, sociopath Crown Prince Mohammed bin "Bone Saw" Salman, apparently hasn't learned anything from his disgraceful role in the hacking death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He's willing and eager to go after political opponents on foreign soil, despite the international outrage that the Khashoggi murder caused. His latest target is his nation's former top counterterrorist official, Saad Aljabri, whose main offense was to be tied to Bone Saw's predecessor, deposed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef.

Such is Bone Saw's desire to get his hands on Albabri, who currently lives in Toronto, he's grabbed Aljabri's son Omar and daughter Sarah and is holding them hostage in Saudi Arabia in exchange for their father's return. Of course, Bone Saw has several trumped up charges against Aljabri to justify his hostage taking. Despite Bone Saw's hatred of his former official, allied intelligence officials say Aljabri has saved countless lives:
"Aljabri, in supervising this operation and many others, helped save hundreds — perhaps thousands — of lives, say former U.S. and British counterterrorism officials. In the fight against al-Qaeda, Aljabri was one of the Arab heroes. Now, he and his family inexplicably are targets of a brutal campaign, and Western governments are not doing enough to help."
Whether enough pressure can be brought on Bone Saw to allow Aljabri's two children to join him in Toronto remains to be seen. What we have seen is that Bone Saw thinks he can ride out repercussions of his deeds, as with the Khashoggi murder, as long as foreign friends like fellow autocrat and sociopath Donald "Mango Mussolini" Trump look away.

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