Saudi Arabia to hit back in case of sanctions over Jamal Khashoggi

[BHarwana]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1051506331721580545

https://twitter.com/x/status/1051488525667979264

https://twitter.com/x/status/1051442263052746753

 

[zectech]

Should the Iranians ask the Saudis for diplomatic meetings to smooth things over, ending the bombings in Northern Yemen, since the backers of Saudi Arabia are not being very supportive.

Let the severe punishment to Washington be overtures to Iran and the end of the Yemeni Civil War.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

It seems sanctions are on the way so Salman started licking Turkey to keep buying armament when likely sanctions knock their doors. Btw, Turkey have all evidence to prove Cemal Kaşıkçı is killed by Saudi team. It is around possibility Salman wants to keep Turkey on its side not to reveal the facts.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1051560384803553281

What a strange development!!! Suddenly, all ropes are in the hand of the Reis!!! Anyway, I do believe that the Turkish government will do whatever is in the best interest of her and the region!!! I have trust in the Elders of the Turkish State!! And, the KSA elders should take the reign away from the young hot headed blokes...

 

[Ceylal]

Because he is in Saudi Arabia already.

Wonder how deep Ergodan is in the saga of Kashugly? It appears that everywhere, there is spilled blood, Ergodan is just behind.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1051506331721580545

https://twitter.com/x/status/1051488525667979264

https://twitter.com/x/status/1051442263052746753

This is how Allah-u Azimushshan is showing to the Muslim world who their fulcrums are!!! It’s evident from who can save themselves diplomatically and militarily...

 

[SuvarnaTeja]

Has the 2 week period started? If you know what I mean.

 

[IbnAbdullah]

Aoa

I am curious as to how much longer will the young crown prince be able to get away with these seemingly radical moves. Be it arresting of princes and thus antagonising the royal family, or the mobes for religious reforms which will likely antagonise the religious establishment or all the many seeming miscalculations on the foreign policy front which seem to have hurt the Saudi influence and interests outside.

I am not certain about the economic side of his reforms as yet but as far as I've seen even when radical reforms, both internal and external, are a seeming success, there is still the status quo that dislikes change, especially radical change.

So I wonder whether MbS would be able to manage the pushback that comes from so many different fronts, both internal and external, that he has simultaneously opened.

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[SALMAN F]

It seems sanctions are on the way so Salman started licking Turkey to keep buying armament when likely sanctions knock their doors. Btw, Turkey have all evidence to prove Cemal Kaşıkçı is killed by Saudi team. It is around possibility Salman wants to keep Turkey on its side not to reveal the facts.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1051560384803553281

Last year Saudis were suprised because of the Iraqi Turkish cooperation against the kurds also when American Congress signed a law to sue Saudis they were licking turkeys shoes but after trump came and the crisis of Qatar Saudis hated turkey alll of the sudden now when trump is threating them they start to kiss erdogan shoes again

 

[MMM-E]

S.Arabia doesnt need blood sucker and unreliable the US ........ I remind You OBAMA supported Iran against S.Arabia and TRUMP is milking S.Arabia and Turkey can help S.Arabia

Turkey has enough power to protect S.Arabia against Iran ,,,
Iran never can touch S.Arabia or Qatar under Turkish protection
Turkey never will allow a sectarian war in the region

and Iran also needs Turkey against the US and Israel ,,,, and over 1/3 of population of Iran is TURK

 

[zectech]

S.Arabia doesnt need blood sucker and unreliable the US ........ I remind You OBAMA supported Iran against S.Arabia and TRUMP is milking S.Arabia and Turkey can help S.Arabia

Turkey has enough power to protect S.Arabia against Iran ,,,
Iran never can touch S.Arabia or Qatar under Turkish protection
Turkey never will allow a sectarian war in the region

and Iran also needs Turkey against the US and Israel ,,,, and over 1/3 of population of Iran is TURK

I would hope this would lead to better cooperation between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Turkey would seem willing, how are the Saudis and Iranians, it is up to them to settle things.

 

[Yaseen1]

saudis need to improve relations with iran if they want to succeed against u.s sanctions otherwise they will be killed by u.s like qadafi and they are in no position to respond to u.s

 

[Sheepistanis]

Curious to know, how KSA is going to hit back at the US? It ain't a fiction to envision Saudis switching camps from West to East, but taking that plunge requires a significant extent of audacity and the house of Saud doesn't seem to be up to it. Also a fact that USA despite it's politically aligned rhetoric will never let it get to the point where it will lose it's milking cow to Russia and China. In truth it's all a facade till the storm passes by, US wont compromise it's relation with the kingdom over one journalist, in a similar way, it's least perturbed by a ruthless dictator in Egypt.

 

[KAMDEV]

Riyadh combative as UK, German and French ministers call for credible investigation

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Sun 14 Oct 2018 18.36 BST First published on Sun 14 Oct 2018 12.13 BST



Jamal Khashoggi has been missing for 12 days since entering the Saudi consulate. Photograph: Mohammed Al-Shaikh/AFP/Getty Images
Saudi Arabia has said it will retaliate against any sanctions imposed over the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, as the Riyadh stock market had its biggest fall in years.

A host of western companies have distanced themselves from the Gulf state following the journalist’s disappearance, imperilling Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s efforts at economic reform.

Khashoggi has been missing since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October and is presumed to have been murdered.

Donald Trump has threatened the US ally with “severe punishment” if Khashoggi, who has been critical of Bin Salman, has been killed.

The French, German and UK foreign secretaries ratcheted up the pressure by releasing a joint statement calling on the Saudi government to give a complete and detailed account of Khashoggi’s disappearance, adding that those found to be responsible must be held to account.

Riyadh vowed to hit back against any action. “The kingdom affirms its total rejection of any threats and attempts to undermine it, whether through economic sanctions, political pressure or repeating false accusations,” it said.

“The kingdom also affirms that if it is [targeted by] any action, it will respond with greater action.” The statement also pointed out that the oil-rich kingdom “plays an effective and vital role in the world economy”.

The Saudi response came after the Tadawul exchange in Riyadh dropped by 7% at one point on Sunday, the week’s first day of trading in Saudi Arabia, with 182 of its 186 listed stocks showing losses by early afternoon. The market later pulled back some of the losses.

Business leaders as well as media companies including Bloomberg and CNN have pulled out of an investment conference next week in Riyadh, dubbed “Davos in the desert”.

The belligerence of the Saudi statement is likely to anger US senators pressing for the Trump administration to take tough economic action against Riyadh, including sanctions.

It showed no sign of contrition or clarification of the promise last week to conduct an inquiry into Khashoggi’s disappearance. Instead, Riyadh condemned a “campaign of false allegations and falsehoods”. In what is likely to be a reference to Turkey, and possibly its Gulf rival Qatar, Saudi Arabia claimed some were “rushing and seeking to exploit rumours and accusations to achieve goals and agendas unrelated to the search for truth”.

Saudi Arabia’s vast oil reserves, said to be about 260bn barrels, give it enormous clout in the global economy. It has significant power to drive up prices, which would hurt every major developed economy.

Riyadh is the world’s second-biggest arms importer after India, and 61% of its imports come from the US, supporting thousands of jobs. Trump signed a $110bn (£84bn) defence agreement last year, which stands to benefit US employers such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing and General Electric.

Turki Aldhakhil, the general manager of Al Arabiya, the official Saudi news channel, claimed in an opinion piece that Riyadh was ready to implement 30 measures “without flinching” the moment US sanctions were imposed, including cuts to oil production that could lead to prices rising to $100 a barrel.

“The truth is that if Washington imposes sanctions on Riyadh, it will stab its own economy to death, even though it thinks that it is stabbing only Riyadh,” he wrote.

Aldhakhil warned the repercussions of US sanctions could include a military alliance between Saudi Arabia and Russia, and an end to intelligence sharing.

In the firmest joint language to appear from Europe since the crisis broke, the European foreign ministers said “light must be shed on Khashoggi’s disappearance”.

They said they shared the “grave concerns” expressed by the UN secretary general, António Guterres, and “are treating this incident 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 statement added: “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.”

Over the weekend, Turkey pressed the UK to use its influence to ensure Saudi Arabia abides by its commitment to launch a joint investigation into Khashoggi’s disappearance.

The Turkish foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, is due to meet his British counterpart, Jeremy Hunt, in London on Monday afternoon. He complained that Saudi Arabia was not allowing Turkish investigators to enter the consulate.

Speaking on Sunday, Hunt said: “What they need to do is cooperate fully with the investigations … and to get to the bottom of this.

“If, as they say, this terrible murder didn’t happen then where is Jamal Khashoggi? If they have got nothing to hide then they will, and should, cooperate.”

The UK also suggested the international trade secretary, Liam Fox, may withdraw from the investment conference if it is shown the Saudi government was involved in the suspected murder.

The official UK position is that Fox’s diary for that week is yet to be finalised. Any British action is likely to be coordinated with the US.

Speaking at the weekend, Trump said – without being specific – there were “very powerful” things the west could do to hurt the Saudis, but stopping arms sales would in the end be America punishing itself.

“There’s something really terrible and disgusting about that [Khashoggi’s suspected murder], if that was the case, so we’re going to have to see. We’re going to get to the bottom of it and there will be severe punishment,” he said.

Democratic senators on the US foreign relations committee said classified intelligence briefings suggested Khashoggi had been murdered by the Saudis or rendered back to Saudi Arabia.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...s-to-uk-to-persuade-saudi-arabia-to-cooperate

This is the right time america should compel saudi to enforce human rights laws in ssudi arabia.

 

[MMM-E]

Turkey+S.Arabia+Pakistan+Iran+Azerbaijan+Egypt+Qatar+Uae+Kuwait,Iraq and others = what a great power

Muslims dont need anyone
Muslims have everything ( huge population,,,,trillions dollars of oil,gas,gold,boron,uranium,thorium reserves ,,, nuclear weapon ,,, control strategic straits such as bosphorus, hormuz , malacca and Suez )

but stupid muslims are so weak because of Muslims are fighting each others and traitor puppet leaders

saudis need to improve relations with iran if they want to succeed against u.s sanctions otherwise they will be killed by u.s like qadafi and they are in no position to respond to u.s

problem is Iran .......and the US,Israel wants to start a sectarian war in the region between Iran and S.Arabia
( as like they did it before .. Iran-Iraq war )
OBAMA gave Arabian lands ( Iraq,Syria,Lebanon and Yemen ) to Iran
and with American support Iran is threatening S.Arabia and Bahreyn

only Turkey can stop Iran ,,, Turkey+Azerbaijan+S.Arabia can take half of Iran ( there are over 30 million Turks in Iran and Turkey+S.Arabia have so superior military capability )

Iran should know its own place and should stop destabilize the region
and S.Arabia should stop licking anglo-saxon butt

 

[Aramagedon]

When will you take your (Persian) territories from Greece and Cyprus?

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/turkey-staking-claims-on-cyprus-territory-sending-in-warships.581641

If a war breaks out between these countries and u and even by west support millions of you will run to Europe to have some modest life.

Just like WW2 that millions of you migrated to Germany to rebuild it.

Turkey+S.Arabia+Pakistan+Iran+Azerbaijan+Egypt+Qatar+Uae+Kuwait,Iraq and others = what a great power

Muslims dont need anyone
Muslims have everything ( huge population,,,,trillions dollars of oil,gas,gold,boron,uranium,thorium reserves ,,, nuclear weapon ,,, control strategic straits such as bosphorus, hormuz , malacca and Suez )

but stupid muslims are so weak because of Muslims are fighting each others and traitor puppet leaders





problem is Iran .......and the US,Israel wants to start a sectarian war in the region between Iran and S.Arabia
( as like they did it before .. Iran-Iraq war )
OBAMA gave Arabian lands ( Iraq,Syria,Lebanon and Yemen ) to Iran
and with American support Iran is threatening S.Arabia and Bahreyn

only Turkey can stop Iran ,,, Turkey+Azerbaijan+S.Arabia can take half of Iran ( there are over 30 million Turks in Iran and Turkey+S.Arabia have so superior military capability )

Iran should know its own place and should stop destabilize the region
and S.Arabia should stop licking anglo-saxon butt