10/17/18: The president continues to express doubts about involvement of the Saudi royals in the apparent killing of Jamal Khashoggi. Trump says he’d like the Turks to turn over any audio or video evidence of his murder, “if it exists.”
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“Whether Mr. Khashoggi was killed before his fingers were removed and his body dismembered could not be determined.”
The New York Times
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The New York Times does what Trump should be doing, but is too lazy to do, and continues digging for facts. A top Turkish official describes for the paper what happened when Khashoggi entered the consulate: “Mr. Khashoggi was dead within minutes, beheaded, dismembered, his fingers severed, and within two hours the killers were gone.”
Turkish officials allege that an assassination squad was waiting inside the consulate when Khashoggi entered around 1:15 p.m. He was shown to the office of the Saudi consul, Mohammad al-Otaibi, and immediately grabbed. The beating and torture began almost at once and his fingers were hacked off. “Whether Mr. Khashoggi was killed before his fingers were removed and his body dismembered could not be determined,” the Times notes. Otaibi did object, perhaps to all the gore, or to the victim’s screaming. “Do this outside,” he told the killers. “You will put me in trouble.”
“If you want to live when you come back to Arabia, shut up,” one of the agents replied.
Considering what al-Otaibi was witnessing, you assume it was a warning he’d heed.
The Turks insist they have proof Khashoggi’s corpse was cut in pieces. This would be gruesome work even for hardened assassins. If it turned the agents’ stomachs, the doctor who accompanied the team had some friendly advice.
Listen to music he suggested. Then “he donned headphones
himself,” started up his saw, and set to work.
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