Saudi Arabia admits killing Khashoggi, Turks will reveal the ''real'' truth

Saudi Arabia has admitted to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside its consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul.Khashoggi, a Saudi writer and dissident, entered the building on October 2 to obtain documentation certifying he had divorced his ex-wife. He never came out.

After two weeks of repeated denials that it had anything to do with his disappearance, the kingdom admitted on Saturday that the dissident journalist died in a "fist-fight" inside the consulate but made no mention of where his body is.

 Saudi Attorney General Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb said Khashoggi died after "discussions" at the consulate devolved into an altercation.

"Discussions that took place between him and the persons who met him … at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul led to a brawl and a fist fight with the citizen, Jamal Khashoggi, which led to his death, may his soul rest in peace," the attorney general said in a statement.The investigations are still under way and 18 Saudi nationals have been arrested."Royal court adviser Saud al-Qahtani and deputy intelligence chief Ahmed al-Asiri were fired from their positions, the statement said.
Turkey will uncover the full details of Khashoggi's killing using all possible means, a spokesperson for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) said.Turkey will reveal whatever happened. Nobody should ever doubt it," spokesperson Omer Celik was quoted as saying by Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency.
"We are not accusing anyone in advance but we don't accept anything remaining covered [up]," Celik added.
Amnesty International
Amnesty International has called for an independent probe into Khashoggi's killing and demanded Saudi Arabia "immediately produce" his body so an autopsy can be performed by forensic experts "in accordance with international standards".
"The investigation findings by the Saudi authorities claiming that Khashoggi died as a result of a "fist-fight" inside the consulate are not trustworthy and marks an abysmal new low to Saudi Arabia's human rights record," Samah Hadid, Amnesty's director of campaigns for the Middle East, said in a statement.
"His family and the world deserve the full truth about what happened to him, and those responsible, however high their rank or status, must face justice," Hadid added.
Reporters sans Frontières said that Riyadh has to be held to account for the death of Khashoggi and the imprisonment of other journalists, Christophe Deloire, Secretary General of the Paris-based media rights watchdog tweeted."Any attempt to get rid of the pressure on Saudi Arabia and to accept a compromise policy would result in giving a 'license to kill' to a Kingdom that puts in jail, lashes, kidnaps and even kills journalists who dare to investigate and launch debates," he wrote.

Trump
US President Donald Trump said he found Saudi Arabia's explanation about Khashoggi's credible.
"It's early, we haven't finished our review or investigation, but … I think it's a very important first step," he said.
Trump said sanctions against Saudi Arabia "could be" something he would consider but "it's too early to say" how the US will respond for now.
He said he does not want to cancel a multibillion-dollar arms deal with the Saudis in response to the admission of guilt.
"I would prefer, if there is going to be some form of sanction or what we may determine to do, if anything ... that we don't use as retribution cancelling $110bn worth of work, which means 600,000 jobs," he said.
Turkish media reports have suggested Khashoggi was killed by a 15-person "assassination team" who flew in on two chartered planes to interrogate, torture and kill him.
Meanwhile, SPA reported that Saudi King Salman had ordered the restructuring of the command of the general intelligence agency under the supervision of MBS. The order also included updating regulations, determining the agency's powers and evaluating its methods and procedures. It said the king ordered the formation of a ministerial committee, headed by the crown prince, to oversee the restructuring. It will include the interior minister, the foreign minister, the head of the intelligence agency and the chief of homeland security.

Deserted Davos in the Desert
Many important political, financial and media personalities announced after the disappearence of Khashoggi that they will abstain from visiting the upcoming investment bourse in Riyadh, dubbed ''Davisos in the Desert''. Among them are ministers from the US. Great Britain and France, CEO
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the managing director Christine Lagarde of the IMF, and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, and CNN, the Financial Times, the New York Times, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News and the Los Angeles Times.