XCR1250 Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Saudi threatens to retaliate against any sanctions over Khashoggi disappearance THOMSON REUTERS Oct 14th 2018 11:04AM X DUBAI, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Sunday warned against threats to punish it over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last week, saying it would retaliate against any sanctions with tougher measures, as international criticism increased. Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and Washington Post columnist critical of Saudi Arabia, disappeared on Oct. 2 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Turkey's government believes he was murdered inside the building and his body removed. Saudi Arabia has denied that. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened "severe punishment" if it turned out Khashoggi was killed in the consulate, though he said Washington would be "punishing" itself if it halted military sales to Riyadh, a key ally. RELATED: Demonstrators protest disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi 45 PHOTOS Demonstrators protest disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi SEE GALLERY "The Kingdom affirms its total rejection of any threats and attempts to undermine it, whether by threatening to impose economic sanctions, using political pressures, or repeating false accusations..." the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA)quoted an unnamed government source as saying. "The Kingdom also affirms that if it receives any action, it will respond with greater action, and that the Kingdom's economy has an influential and vital role in the global economy," the source added, without elaborating. Britain, France and Germany told Saudi Arabia they were treating the case with "the utmost seriousness." "There needs to be a credible investigation to establish the truth about what happened, and - if relevant - to identify those bearing responsibility for the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, and ensure that they are held to account," the foreign ministers from the three countries said in a joint statement. "We encourage joint Saudi-Turkish efforts in that regard, and expect the Saudi Government to provide a complete and detailed response. We have conveyed this message directly to the Saudi authorities." The statement, by British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt, France's Jean-Yves Le Drian and Germany's Heiko Maas, made no mention of potential actions the countries might take. The Saudi stock market lost $33 billion of its value on Sunday amid investor worries about deteriorating international relations, one of the first signs of the economic pain that Riyadh could suffer over the affair. In a column published just after the SPA statement, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya channel's General Manager Turki Aldakhil warned that imposing sanctions on the world's largest oil exporter could spark global economic disaster. "It would lead to Saudi Arabia's failure to commit to producing 7.5 million barrels. If the price of oil reaching $80 angered President Trump, no one should rule out the price jumping to $100, or $200, or even double that figure," he wrote. U.S. senators have triggered a provision of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act requiring the president to determine whether a foreign person is responsible for a gross human rights violation. The act has in the past imposed visa bans and asset freezes on Russian officials. Anti-Saudi sentiment in the U.S. Congress could conceivably raise pressure to pass the so-called No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act, which would end sovereign immunity shielding OPEC members from U.S. legal action. A senior member of Saudi Arabia's ruling family, Prince Khaled al-Faisal, has met Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan to discuss Khashoggi's disappearance, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters without providing details of the talks. On Friday, a source with links to the prince's family said Prince Khaled, the governor of Mecca, had been sent to Turkey in his capacity as special adviser to King Salman. A Turkish official told Reuters on Sunday that the Saudis had said they would allow the consulate to be searched, and that this would happen by the end of the weekend, though he had conceded to "flexibility on this date." "But Turkey is determined on the subject of entering the consulate and carrying out a criminal inspection. There is no alternative to carrying out this inspection. Time is important in terms of evidence," the official said. (Reporting by Aziz El Yaakoubi and Asma Alsharif; writing by Stephen Kalin; editing by Jason Neely/Robin Pomeroy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Don gonna grovel? Suck some dick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 God bless the USA! Best govt money can buy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motonoggin Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 I hope they try and start something. They need to be decimated....unfortunately Trump is a fucking piece of shit and will let them do whatever they want 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted October 14, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 14, 2018 1 minute ago, f7ben said: I hope they try and start something. They need to be decimated....unfortunately Trump is a fucking piece of shit and will let them do whatever they want Agree 1000%....those fucks have had free reign for far too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, f7ben said: I hope they try and start something. They need to be decimated....unfortunately Trump is a fucking piece of shit and will let them do whatever they want Saudis own our govt as much as israel. Nobody is gonna do shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, Nazipigdog said: Saudis own our govt as much as israel. Nobody is gonna do shit. Exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted October 14, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Nazipigdog said: Saudis own our govt as much as israel. Nobody is gonna do shit. 1 hour ago, f7ben said: Exactly It really is a fucking shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1jkw Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 So the Saudis killed the guy, perfect time to attack Iran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Ez glider says America is 100% self sufficient with oil production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said: Ez glider says America is 100% self sufficient with oil production. Venezuela has alot of oil... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted October 14, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, Nazipigdog said: Venezuela has alot of oil... Yeah but supposedly they are bad!!!!!!! Let me get this straight....Fund and supply pilots to destroy WTC....meh....we buy from you. Venezuela elects government we don't like...sanctions, sanctions, sanctions....wow socialism is such a failure and we don't want your oil anyhow. Motherfucking Bizarro World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 11 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Yeah but supposedly they are bad!!!!!!! Let me get this straight....Fund and supply pilots to destroy WTC....meh....we buy from you. Venezuela elects government we don't like...sanctions, sanctions, sanctions....wow socialism is such a failure and we don't want your oil anyhow. Motherfucking Bizarro World. Saudis are Muslims too. Worst of the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted October 14, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 14, 2018 8 minutes ago, Nazipigdog said: Saudis are Muslims too. Worst of the worst. Yeah...bunch of motherfucking Wahhabis....militant fucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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