Saudi’s “Cover‑Up Crew” Stormed Istanbul After Khashoggi’s Murder
The Big Picture
So, imagine a 59‑year‑old journalist named Jamal Khashoggi strolls into a Saudi consulate in Istanbul to get some marriage paperwork sorted. Instead, he disappears.
The international community wasn’t exactly thrilled, and Saudi Arabia, trying to keep its hot‑head under control, decided to send an 11‑person squad over to Istanbul to scramble for the truth — or at least make it look clean.
Who’s in the Pack?
- Ahmad Abdulaziz Aljanobi – the chemist who loved a good spill.
- Khaled Yahya Al Zahrani – the toxicology wizard who thinks acid is a bad idea.
- 9 other “investigators” who turned the consulate into a daily reality‑TV set.
The team arrived on Oct. 11, a full nine days after Jamal triggered scandal‑mode by stepping into the diplomatic compound.
What They Actually Did
- Every day from the 11th to the 17th, they performed a mini‑inspection of the consulate, searching for clues.
- On the 15th, for the first time, Turkish police were granted a free pass into the premises.
- After leaving Turkey on the 20th, the squad vanished like an unsolved mystery.
Dead‑ly Details
The Turkish chief prosecutor didn’t hold back: Khashoggi was strangled right as he entered, and his body was dismembered – a grim scene, no doubt.
Yasin Aktay, one of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s trusty sidekicks, even hinted that the body could have been chemically destroyed. A sci‑fi horror movie, but in real life.
Political Radar
Erdogan, in a bold post on The Washington Post, didn’t mince words about Riyadh’s secrets. He said the order for the hit came from “the highest levels” but was quick to distance King Salman from the blame— “I don’t think the king is to blame.”
He sandwiched in the Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, without swallowing hands: “Never one to beat the death squad.”
Jerusalem’s Justice Gapes
When the Saudi Attorney General, Sheikh Saud al‑Mojeb, flew to Istanbul last week, he was faced with a wall of silence. The Turkish officials say he refuses to dump any Riyadh intel back to the square.
In short, a whole kingdom is in a bad spot, a ruler is scrambling, and the world is waiting for the truth to come out — or to stay buried deep in an unmarked smear of mystery.
