Over the weekend US President Donald Trump promised “severe punishment” if Saudi Arabia was shown to have killed Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and former insider of the kingdom. The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has demanded the “truth” and a chorus of US Senators and Congressmen have lined up to condemn Riyadh. Lindsey Graham said there would be “hell to pay.” Khashoggi disappeared while visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2.
Saudi Arabia now risks losing support in the United States, its closest ally for more than half a century. Mass media, from The Washington Post where Khashoggi was a columnist, to CNN and the New York Times have excoriated Saudi Arabia, with CNN and others pulling out of a the Future Investment Initiative, a massive business conference. At the UN, where Saudi Arabia has sat on the Human Rights Council for most of the past 11 years, there is unprecedented criticism. UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has even said that the UK can only be allies with countries that share values.
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