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Saudi Media Casts Khashoffi Disappearance as a Conspiracy, Claims Qatar Owns Washington Post
Photo: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images SAUDI MEDIA CASTS KHASHOGGI DISAPPEARANCE AS A CONSPIRACY, CLAIMS QATAR OWNS WASHINGTON POST IN SAUDI ARABIA, major media outlets have cast the disappearance and apparent murder of Saudi dissident and Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a foreign conspiracy to denigrate the image of the kingdom. The media accounts, which come from outlets run […]
Saudi Blowback Wipes Billions From Softbank Shares
Saudi Blowback Wipes Billions From Softbank Shares Refusing to be cowed by a flurry of cancellations that have effectively gutted Riyadh’s Future Investment Initiative – colloquially known as “Davos in the Desert” – Saudi Arabia has lashed out at the US and its Western allies, warning that there will be hell to pay if anybody […]
Global Markets Continue To Fall As Bloomberg Warns “The Next Financial Crisis Is Staring Us In The Face”…
Global Markets Continue To Fall As Bloomberg Warns “The Next Financial Crisis Is Staring Us In The Face”… It looks like it could be another tough week for global financial markets. As the week began, markets were down all over the world, and relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia have taken a sudden […]
Blain: “Liquidity Will Be The Murder Weapon”
Blain: “Liquidity Will Be The Murder Weapon” “Slain, after all man’s devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in his wisdom, has put upon this earth”” After last week’s stock market ructions, my market spidey senses are tingling… https://morningporridge.com/stuff-im-watching In the headlights this morning: Saudi Arabia: forget the IPO and worry about MbS […]
Did Saudis, CIA Fear Khashoggi 9/11 Bombshell?
Did Saudis, CIA Fear Khashoggi 9/11 Bombshell? The macabre case of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi raises the question: did Saudi rulers fear him revealing highly damaging information on their secret dealings? In particular, possible involvement in the 9/11 terror attacks on New York in 2001. Even more intriguing are US media reports now emerging that American intelligence […]
Saudi Stocks Crash Most Since 2016 As Riyadh Threatens US With “Very Strong” Retaliation
Saudi Stocks Crash Most Since 2016 As Riyadh Threatens US With “Very Strong” Retaliation Saudi Arabia warned on Sunday it would respond to any “threats” against it as its stock market crashed the most since 2016 after President Trump’s warning of “severe punishment” over the disappearance of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. On Saturday, Trump […]
The Killing of Saudi Journalist Khashoggi Could Spell the End for Mohammad bin Salman
The Killing of Saudi Journalist Khashoggi Could Spell the End for Mohammad bin Salman The death of famous journalist Saudita Jamal Khashoggi is likely to have important repercussions, revealing the hypocrisy of the mainstream media, tensions inside the Saudi regime, and the double standards of Western countries. On October 2nd, 2018, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi […]
Is This the Beginning of the End of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance?
Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE U.S.-SAUDI ALLIANCE? THE DISAPPEARANCE OF Jamal Khashoggi last Tuesday is threatening to upend the terms of the decades-long alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia. In the nine days since Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian resident of Virginia and a Washington Post columnist, […]
Lynching Journalists
Lynching Journalists Washington Post Global Opinions correspondent, Jamal Khashoggi, who is Saudi, entered his country’s consulate in Istanbul Tuesday of last week and hasn’t been seen since. Worse, Turkish officials say that Khashoggi was killed inside the consulate, his body dismembered, and then sneaked out of the building—lynched, you might say, and then disappeared, instead of […]
BP Chief: Saudi Arabia Is Holding Back Production
BP Chief: Saudi Arabia Is Holding Back Production “I think Saudi Arabia does have capacity that can bring to the market,” BP’s chief executive Bob Dudley told CNBC on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Oil & Money Conference in London. “But on the other side of it you have very unpredictable circumstances in Venezuela […]
US-Saudi Relations Enter Unchartered Waters
US-Saudi Relations Enter Unchartered Waters The disappearance of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi in mysterious circumstances while on a visit to his country’s consulate in Istanbul last Tuesday still remains unexplained. The plot is thickening by the day. The latest reports suggest that he may not even be alive. The Istanbul Prosecutor has ordered an […]
US Demands For More Oil Could Backfire
US Demands For More Oil Could Backfire This week the State Department accused OPEC of hiding spare capacity exceeding 1.4 million barrels daily. It urged the cartel to use it to stop the oil price rally that has continued uncomfortably close to midterm elections. The request—or demand, depending on your interpretation—is unprecedented and it might […]
“Preplanned Murder”: Turkey Says 15-Member Saudi Hit Team Murdered Journalist Inside Consulate
“Preplanned Murder”: Turkey Says 15-Member Saudi Hit Team Murdered Journalist Inside Consulate In a shocking twist to an already mysterious and bizarre saga, Turkish investigators say they believe that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul after he entered on routine business four days ago. Khashoggi’s fiance, who was waiting outside […]
Is Saudi Arabia the Middle East’s Next Failed State?
Is Saudi Arabia the Middle East’s Next Failed State? Ibn Khaldun—the famous Tunisian historian, geographer and social theorist—believed that decadence leads to collapse for Muslim dynasties. Such a scenario may be playing out with the Saudis, reports Daniel Lazare. Reports are growing that Muhammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s hyperactive crown prince, is losing his grip. […]
Putin: Trump Is To Blame For Higher Oil Prices
Putin: Trump Is To Blame For Higher Oil Prices Just hours after President Trump implicitly threatened Saudi Arabia with a withdrawal of military protection (a threat that was possibly inspired by OPEC+ ignoring Trump’s demands to raise production at its Algiers meeting last month) Russian President Vladimir Putin said out loud what many oil traders […]
