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Scandalous statement of the Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince

Scandalous statement of the Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince
Scandalous statement of the Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince said he bears responsibility for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year by Saudi operatives saying in a PBS documentary to be broadcast next week that it happened under his watch.

“It happened under my watch. I get all the responsibility, because it happened under my watch,” he told PBS’ Martin Smith, according to a preview of a documentary, “The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia”, set to air on October 1st ahead of the one-year anniversary of Khashoggi’s death.

Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, has not spoken publicly about the killing inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The CIA and some Western governments have said he ordered it, but Saudi officials say he had no role.

After initial denials, the official Saudi narrative blamed the murder on rogue operatives. The public prosecutor said the then-deputy intelligence chief ordered the repatriation of Khashoggi, a royal insider who became an outspoken critic, but the lead negotiator ordered him killed after discussions for his return failed.

Asked how the killing could happen without him knowing about it, Smith quotes Prince Mohammed as saying: “We have 20 million people. We have 3 million government employees.”

Smith asked whether the killers could have taken private government jets, to which the Crown Prince responded: “I have officials, ministers to follow things, and they’re responsible. They have the authority to do that.” 

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