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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,187 posts) Wed Oct 31, 2018, 03:38 PM Oct 2018

Pompeo says Khashoggi murder violated international law

The murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul was a violation of international law, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday.

The top US diplomat nonetheless stressed that he wanted to preserve the decades-old alliance with Saudi Arabia and declined explicitly to criticize Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has been consolidating power.

"It's an awful thing that took place," Pompeo told conservative talk show host Brian Kilmeade.

"The killing, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the consulate in Turkey violates the norms of international law. That much is very, very clear," he said.

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But President Donald Trump has ruled out major actions such as ending arms sales to the kingdom, the largest foreign buyer of US weapons.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pompeo-says-khashoggi-murder-violated-international-law/ar-BBPaEKX?li=BBnb7Kz

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Pompeo says Khashoggi murder violated international law (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 OP

Ya think?!?! KCDebbie Oct 2018 #1

Did Pompeo pull a real frowny face, too? gratuitous Oct 2018 #2

So, what are you going to do about it? The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #3

And so... what are you gonna do about it? C_U_L8R Oct 2018 #4

KCDebbie

(664 posts)

1. Ya think?!?!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2018, 03:41 PM

Oct 2018

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

2. Did Pompeo pull a real frowny face, too?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2018, 03:41 PM

Oct 2018

I mean, he needs to show the House of Sawed how grrr mad! he feels. But, naturally, that decades-old alliance with Saudi Arabia is the chief consideration. Properly chastened, the Saudis offed just two Saudi women and dumped their bodies in the Hudson River; it could have been a LOT more, but they practiced restraint this time.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,835 posts)

3. So, what are you going to do about it?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2018, 03:43 PM

Oct 2018

*crickets*

Yeah, I thought so.

C_U_L8R

(45,020 posts)

4. And so... what are you gonna do about it?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2018, 04:42 PM

Oct 2018

Meanwhile it appears Saudis are killing people in our country as well. Young girls. And the Trump team just sits there. Complicit.

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