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Saudis Vow To Retaliate With ‘Greater Action’ If Hit With Sanctions
Nearly two weeks since Jamal Khashoggi vanished in Istanbul, the shadow of the Saudi journalist’s disappearance continues to loom ever larger. Now, President Trump is threatening “severe punishment” for Saudi Arabia if suspicions of Khashoggi’s murder are confirmed — and Saudis have vowed to retaliate in kind.
“The Kingdom also affirms that if it receives any action, it will respond with greater action,” Saudi Arabia’s state-run news agency said Sunday, ominously noting that the country plays “an influential and vital role in the global economy.”
Citing an “official source,” the Saudi Press Agency added that Riyadh “affirms its total rejection of any threats and attempts to undermine it.” Rather, if Saudis face “political pressures” such as accusations or sanctions, “the outcome of these weak endeavors, like their predecessors, is a demise.”
The Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., later sought to “clarify” those threats on Twitter, noting that “the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia extends it appreciation to all, including the US administration, for refraining from jumping to conclusions on the ongoing investigation.”
To help clarify recently issued Saudi statement, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia extends it appreciation to all, including the US administration, for refraining from jumping to conclusions on the ongoing investigation. https://t.co/AhcsVkn7Cy
— Saudi Embassy (@SaudiEmbassyUSA) October 14, 2018
The comments Sunday follow Trump’s toughest comments yet about the simmering international controversy. Speaking with CBS’s 60 Minutes, the president said that “nobody knows yet” whether the Saudi government ordered the killing of Khashoggi, a frequent critic, as Turkish officials reportedly allege.
“It’s being investigated, it’s being looked at very, very strongly,” Trump said. “And we would be very upset and angry if that were the case.”
Still, he was careful to hedge his language — as he has been largely since Khashoggi vanished after the journalist’s visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. His administration has been on friendly terms with the Gulf regional power since taking office, supporting the Saudi-led airstrike campaign in Yemen and brokering an arms deal that could be worth $110 billion over the next decade.
During a news conference in the Oval Office on Saturday, Trump responded to a question about his response to the Khashoggi controversy by touting the economic benefits of the weapons sale.
“If they don’t buy it from us, they’re going to buy it from Russia or they’re going to buy it from China or they’re going to buy it from other countries,” he said. “From the standpoint of jobs, economic development, a lot of other reasons, I would like to do something where we could maybe look at other things [than canceling the deal].”
Nevertheless, the Saudi Stock Exchange plummeted about 7 percent at one point Sunday on fears of economic fallout from the diplomatic dispute, before recovering some of its losses later in the day.
Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman (center) joins a demonstration outside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier earlier this month.
Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images
So far, administration officials have also expressed reluctance to canceling participation in Saudi Arabia’s signature economic forum, the Future Investment Initiative. A wide array of global business leaders — including World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and Virgin founder Richard Branson — has pulled out of the conference later the month. At the moment Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin plans to keep his own plans to attend — though Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says they’re evaluating the situation closely.
U.S. lawmakers, for their part, have come out more strongly. A bipartisan group of nearly two dozen senators have called for an investigation into Khashoggi’s disappearance, and some have suggested they would be willing to block the Saudi arms deal if more damaging details come to light.
“I don’t think that we should continue with business as usual until we know exactly what happened here, because what we do know is this: He walked into that consulate and he never came out,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., told CNN on Sunday. “So the only two things that could have happened is, he’s alive and somehow still in there, or he’s dead and the Saudis are the ones who did it. There’s no other explanation for it.”
And Rubio said that no U.S. government officials should be attending the Saudi conference until they get some official answers about what happened.
“No matter how important they may be to our Iranian strategy,” he added, “our ability to be a voice for human rights — and to go after regimes like [Syrian President Bashar] Assad, like [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, like what China does, like what [President Nicolas] Maduro does in Venezuela — all of that is undermined and compromised if we are not willing to confront something as atrocious as what’s allegedly happened here.”
20 Comments on "Saudis Vow To Retaliate With ‘Greater Action’ If Hit With Sanctions"
bob on Sun, 14th Oct 2018 3:35 pm
Talk, Talk, Talk. We could have spent the last 30 years getting off oil. Too late now.
onlooker on Sun, 14th Oct 2018 3:49 pm
Yep too late now. And because we still need FF, we show no tangible signs of rejecting their use
makati1 on Sun, 14th Oct 2018 7:39 pm
The biggest terrorist group in the world is blaming the second biggest terrorist group of being “bad”. So hilarious! Hypocrites all!
Cloggie on Sun, 14th Oct 2018 8:06 pm
“The biggest terrorist group in the world is blaming the second biggest terrorist group of being “bad”. So hilarious! Hypocrites all!”
They have to because their most profitable ally (oil against printed paper) was caught with its pants down,
Cloggie on Sun, 14th Oct 2018 8:09 pm
“We could have spent the last 30 years getting off oil. Too late now.”
We can still get of oil and we should. But the environmental damage has been done.
Theedrich on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 1:50 am
Yes, the U.S. kettle calls the Saudi pot black. So, no change. The U.S. has been engaged in governmental overthrows, murder and deception of all kinds in the oily east ever since the oil there became a major source of economic power for Yankeeland. After destroying Europe, its first major crime in that area was the destruction of Iran. (For a detailed description of the U.S. overthrow of the democratically elected Iranian government in 1953, read http://www.iranchamber.com/history/coup53/coup53p1.php. Its operation code-name was TP-AJAX.) Today, no one can expect that American policy will change, especially with IsItReal wagging the big dog.
Of course, the “indispensable nation” has committed and backed more war crimes and savagery than any other MidEast nation in an area long known for Allah-justified murder of all kinds. But we may be sure that the U.S. propaganda outlets will continue to tell us how our “friends” in the sand dunes are all goody-goody, since they do the CIA’s and Yidland’s will.
And anyway, we need the $110 billion for a weaponry sale to the Saudi Sand Negroes. Otherwise that money might go to China or (horrors!) Russia.
Free Speech Forum on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 2:01 am
Why should the US go to war with 1.6 billion Muslims to protect 14 million Jews?
makati1 on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 2:48 am
Why do most of the US media (propaganda) outlets belong to Jews?
Why are most of the US Congress owned by, or are, Jews?
Why do over half of the Jewish people live outside the “promised land”?
Send them all home. After all, it was given to them by “god” right? Or was it the UN after WW2? LMAO
Cloggie on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 3:41 am
Hail Denmark! LOL
Once a refugee, always a regugee. New Danish law: asylum status means temporary status. Sooner or later you HAVE to go. Bye-bye!
http://www.pi-news.net/2018/10/daenemark-masseneinwanderung-beenden-alle-sollen-wieder-gehen/
Things are really changing in continental Europe or Europe for short.
Davy on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 5:30 am
“Why do most of the US media (propaganda) outlets belong to Jews? Why are most of the US Congress owned by, or are, Jews?”
A statement like that deserves references Billy. Pretty broad and sloppy which is generally fits many of your extremist comments.
Davy on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 5:36 am
“Things are really changing in continental Europe or Europe for short.”
Yea, demographically in a few decades you original inhabitants will be dealing with significant color and ethnic mixing along with segregation of groups of unlike people. This will make areas of your continent look much different than today. This is already happening in the slums of your big cities. It is unclear if you will be a minority because that is too far off but these people are currently showing large population increases and you originals not. That adds up over time.
Cloggie on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 6:44 am
In a couple of years asylum in Western Europe will be abolished completely for third worlders. And so will be feminism.
Google: “afd deutsche kinder wahl poster”
https://goo.gl/images/siUjAn
“New German kids, we produce them ourselves”
Davy on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 6:54 am
anyone here, how do I add a picture to my avatar so I can combat these people on here stealing my handle? I have tried a few times but it did not work. I take it the “website” input section is where you put the necessary info?
onlooker on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 8:01 am
Davy, you go to User Control panel from the Peak oil forums section. Then, you go to Profile – edit avatar
From there you can either get an image from the Net or the Device you are using to surf the Net. Hope that helps
Adminator on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 8:42 am
Davy let me tell you further…google Dumb and Dumbass and hit images, select one image that best resembles yourself and hit save and proceed from there, I know this will help..
Davy on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 8:47 am
Gregt, give it a rest and stop the handle stealing and sock puppet shit.
Davy on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 8:48 am
thanks onlooker
Adminator on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 8:49 am
You are welcome Dumbass
Duncan Idaho on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 8:51 am
The Clown Prince against the Turkish Madman—
Sounds like our current condition.
Mark Ziegler on Mon, 15th Oct 2018 9:45 am
Embargo On!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEg4F9csPzo