Foreign Policy Trouble!
1. He was last seen on October 2, going into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to get a document that would verify his divorce.
2. Turkish authorities think he never left the building and was murdered inside. Possibly dismembered and smuggled out. Saudi Arabian officials say he left through a back entrance, but there is no evidence to prove that.
3. He had dissident views and was feared being targeted by Saudi Arabia before his murder.
4. Mohammed bin Salman has tried to change Saudi Arabia by convincing people he is a reformer by giving women more rights, but he’s been leading a purge in his government, claiming to be cracking down on corruption, while creating a gory war with Yemen.
5. He started at the Washington Post so he could criticize Saudi Arabia’s government freely.
6. He visited the consulate in Turkey to get documents so he could marry his fiancee, a Turkish woman.
7. They don’t get along because the monarchy is involved in a blockade of Qatar, which is a Turkish ally. Riyadh also disagrees with Turkey’s advocation of political Islam..
8. Senators say that if Saudi Arabia did murder Khashoggi, it would be a big blow to US-Saudi relations.
9. There is a big weapons sale to Saudi Arabia soon, and Trump doesn’t want to jeopardize that sale.
2. Turkish authorities think he never left the building and was murdered inside. Possibly dismembered and smuggled out. Saudi Arabian officials say he left through a back entrance, but there is no evidence to prove that.
3. He had dissident views and was feared being targeted by Saudi Arabia before his murder.
4. Mohammed bin Salman has tried to change Saudi Arabia by convincing people he is a reformer by giving women more rights, but he’s been leading a purge in his government, claiming to be cracking down on corruption, while creating a gory war with Yemen.
5. He started at the Washington Post so he could criticize Saudi Arabia’s government freely.
6. He visited the consulate in Turkey to get documents so he could marry his fiancee, a Turkish woman.
7. They don’t get along because the monarchy is involved in a blockade of Qatar, which is a Turkish ally. Riyadh also disagrees with Turkey’s advocation of political Islam..
8. Senators say that if Saudi Arabia did murder Khashoggi, it would be a big blow to US-Saudi relations.
9. There is a big weapons sale to Saudi Arabia soon, and Trump doesn’t want to jeopardize that sale.
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