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Trump disputes CIA findings

Says agency didn't firmly place blame for Khashoggi death; Turkey says US president intends to turn 'blind eye' to the issue

Aljazeera Online
US President Donald Trump has contradicted the CIA's reported assessment that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, insisting that the agency had "feelings" but did not firmly place the blame for the death.
Last week, senior intelligence officials from the US spy agency said that such an operation would have needed the approval of Prince Mohammed, also known as MBS, the kingdom's de facto leader.
Trump defended Saudi Arabia on Thursday, saying MBS and King Salman said they did not commit "this atrocity".
" I hate the crime, I hate the cover-up. I will tell you this: The crown prince hates it more than I do, and they have vehemently denied it. ”
Asked who should be held accountable for the murder, Trump again refused to place the blame - instead espousing a grim view of the world that he often shares with his advisers.
"Maybe the world should be held accountable because the world is a vicious place. The world is a very, very vicious place."
He also seemed to suggest that all US allies were guilty of the same behaviour,
declaring that if others were held to the standard to which critics have held Saudi Arabia in recent days, "we wouldn't be able to have anyone for an ally".
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Trump's comments indicated that he would turn a "blind eye” to the incident.
Speaking to local broadcaster CNN Turk, Cavusoglu added that the US had not informed Turkey of an audio recording in which MBS can be heard calling for Khashoggi to be "silenced as soon as possible".
GIVING SAUDI A PASS
Turkish officials have repeatedly said the killing was intentional and have been pressuring Saudi Arabia to extradite those responsible to stand trial.
On Thursday, Federica Mogherini, the EU's foreign affairs chief, said there needed to be a “transparent" and "credible" investigation into Khashoggi's murder.
"Those responsible, really responsible for this terrible murder have to be accountable,” Mogherini told a news conference in Ankara.
Khashoggi was killed when he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain a document certifying his divorce.
The kingdom initially rejected accusations that Saudi officials were behind his disappearance, but after Turkish authorities began leaking evidence of high-level involvement, Riyadh eventually backtracked and admitted that he was killed by “rogue" operatives.
More than 50 days after his murder, the whereabouts of Khashoggi's body is still unknown.
Critics in US Congress and high-ranking officials in other countries have accused Trump of ignoring human rights and giving Saudi Arabia a pass for economic reasons, including its influence on the world oil market.
Bessma Momani, a professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada, said it was unsurprising that the Trump administration had repeatedly defended its ties with the Saudi monarchy despite international condemnation.
"There have been several opportunities for Trump to rein in Mohammed bin Salman, to make it very clear that not only was this unacceptable but that there would be consequences.
"Instead, Trump has made it very clear that he sees the relationship as a strategic one, one in countering Iranian influence in the region. He has continued to suggest that there is an enormous amount of money to be made, both in preserving the US-Saudi arms trade and the limitless supply of Saudi oil in the world economy."