A groundbreaking detail buried deep in the lawsuit filed by former Saudi intelligence chief against the crown prince MBS in US courts:
MBS *encouraged* Vladmir Putin's military intervention in Syria in September 2015, which enraged then CIA chief John Brennan.
MBS *encouraged* Vladmir Putin's military intervention in Syria in September 2015, which enraged then CIA chief John Brennan.
Truly amazing, those meetings happened at least two months before Russia's September 2015 intervention in Syria. At the time the US acted surprised by Moscow's decision to deploy forces to Syria, while Riyadh was supposedly helping the Syrian opposition:
Another crazy detail is that MBS was convinced that Aljabri was responsible for the CIA conclusion that MBS was directly responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
Another huge tidbit in the court filing, and absolutely damning:
Two weeks after the murder of Khashoggi, and after denying any role, the Saudis despatched a SIMILAR squad of butchers to Canada to hunt down the former Saudi chief, but luckily intercepted by Canadian authorities.
Two weeks after the murder of Khashoggi, and after denying any role, the Saudis despatched a SIMILAR squad of butchers to Canada to hunt down the former Saudi chief, but luckily intercepted by Canadian authorities.
Write-up by the NYT:
โFormer Saudi Official Accuses the Crown Prince of Trying to Kill Himโ nytimes.com
โFormer Saudi Official Accuses the Crown Prince of Trying to Kill Himโ nytimes.com
In 2015, the former Saudi foreign minister (now minister of state for foreign affairs) described the deployment as โdangerousโ & travelled to Ankara to discuss it & stand with Turkey. A few months later, Turkey would down a Russian jet, before becoming a partner via Astana.
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