October 15, 2018
Saudi Government Claims Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Wasn’t Sanctioned; Blames ‘Rogue Killers’
Saudi Arabia's government is tightly controlled by crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman, making It highly unlikely that a team of 'rogue killers' carried out the murder of prominent Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi without his knowledge or approval.
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Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, joins Al Jazeera (English) to discuss the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, likelihood that a “team of rogue killers” are responsible for Khashoggi’s death, and the United States’ relationship with Saudi Arabia.
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