Publish date19 Nov 2018 - 14:20
Story Code : 378890

Khashoggi killing prompts Washington Post to publish report in Arabic

The American newspaper The Washington Post has surprised the world again by publishing an Arabic report on details the US intelligence agency has revealed about involvement of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the assassination of the writer Jamal Khashoggi inside his country’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 2, by a Saudi organised assassination team.
Khashoggi killing prompts Washington Post to publish report in Arabic
It is the first time in its history that The Washington Post publishes an article in Arabic about an international incident that it has covered in its printed edition and its website, after revealing to the world the US intelligence report, which concluded that bin Salman himself had ordered to assassinate Khashoggi at his country’s consulate in Turkey.
The newspaper has published the report under the title “Central Intelligence Agency concludes that Saudi Crown Prince Ordered to Assassinate Jamal Khashoggi,” and has dedicated an ample space for the report’s coverage. The report included extensive details about the case and various analyses.
Through publishing Arabic reports on Khashoggi and uncovering the CIA report, The Washington Post wanted to convey a message to the Saudi leadership, especially the Crown Prince, implying it will continue covering the crime of Khashoggi’s assassination, disclosing all the new details about it, and not stopping doing so until all the facts are utterly revealed.
The newspaper pointed out that, through a recorded telephone conversation, Khashoggi was killed moments after entering the consulate in the office of the Saudi consul, who expressed his dismay at the need to get rid of his body and clean up any remaining evidence, according to people who had access to the recording.

The CIA also examined a call made by an alleged member of the Saudi assassination team, named Maher Al-Mutrib, from inside the consulate after the assassination. Al-Mutrib is a security officer who can often be seen alongside the Crown Prince, and he appeared in the security cameras’ recordings while entering the consulate and leaving on the day of the operation.
The newspaper reported the details of the phone call between Maher Al-Mutrib, leader of the assassination squad, and the royal court advisor, Saud Al-Qahtani, who was then a top aide for bin Salman. During the call, Al-Mutrib told Al-Qahtani that the mission had been accomplished, according to sources familiar with the content of the exchange.
It seems that the newspaper was more affected by the horror and gruesomeness of the findings revealed about Khashoggi’s murder, dismemberment, and transferring his decapitated head to Riyadh, according to a recent exclusive report by Al-Khaleej Onlin
Since the first moments of Khashoggi’s disappearance inside his country’s consulate were announced, The Washington Post has not stopped depicting the case closely and has devoted large sections of its daily press coverage to track the truth, until Saudi Arabia finally confessed the journalist’s death.
Backed by Trump’s administration, the newspaper launched a scathing attack on Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, accusing him of lying shamelessly to avoid accountability in Khashoggi’s case.
The Washington Post‘s solidarity with Khashoggi has been expressed in various ways as by leaving a space in its opinion articles section, with blank space indicating the column which was devoted to his writings.
The newspaper has published earlier an article by Karen Attiah, who was responsible for editing and publishing Khashoggi’s columns, entitled: The silencing of Jamal Khashoggi.
“Jamal has always told me: ‘I never wished to be classified as an exiled oppositionist,” Attiah wrote in an article published in Arabic by The Washington Post.
She added: “Every time we met personally or talked on WhatsApp, Jamal’s vision was very clear. He just wanted to write and to be a journalist. As an editor of his articles, I can say that what was evident during our conversations is his sincere love for Saudi Arabia and the Saudi people. He felt that he must write about what he considers the truth of the Saudi Kingdom’s past, present, and future. ”
 
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