US Senate accuses Saudi prince of murdering journalist Hashoggi

The US Senate voted to stop Saudi Arabia’s military assistance in the conflict in Yemen because of the murder of journalist Jamal Hashoggi. In the resolution adopted by the legislators, the blame for the murder rests on the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed ibn Salman al-Saud. Another document calls on the US president to withdraw troops from Yemen.

Photo: Facebook / The White House

56 senators voted for a resolution on Yemen, 41 was against. The resolution is advisory in nature and can be blocked by the president. Donald Trump said he was going to block her.

The document is unlikely to be approved by the US House of Representatives. Given this, observers are calling it a “symbolic protest” against Trump’s position.

Immediately after this resolution, another was unanimously adopted, in which the senators blamed the murder of journalist Jamal Hashoghi on the crown prince of Saudi Arabia and called on the Saudi authorities to punish the perpetrators.

What did the senators do?

The resolution on the Yemeni conflict calls on the president to withdraw all the US military forces involved in it, except those fighting directly against radical Islamists.

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The authors of the document are a group of senators, which includes representatives of both American parties.

The resolution on the assassination of Khashoggi, according to the senators, contains rather harsh wording.

“The US Senate has unanimously declared that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. This is a strong statement. I hope it speaks to our values,” Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker said.

The position of the Senate goes against the policy of President Trump towards the kingdom: the White House refused to accept the assessment of the CIA, who came to the conclusion that the journalist could have been killed on the orders of Prince Mohammed.

Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders described the adoption of the resolution as a historic moment.

“Today we tell the oppressive regime of Saudi Arabia that we will not participate in its military adventures,” he said.

Sanders, one of the authors of the document, hopes that he will be able to pass the House of Representatives of the Congress after control over it in January next year will be transferred to the Democrats.

Photo: Jamal Hashoggy's Twitter Account

The White House opposed the adoption of the resolution, saying that relations with Saudi Arabia are extremely important in countering the threat posed by Iran in the region.

What did the CIA say

The question of the murder of a journalist and the responsibility for it by the Saudi authorities began to be sharply discussed after the head of the CIA, Gina Haspel, told the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee everything that her administration knew about the murder last week. Briefing was held in closed mode. Its content can only be judged by the statements of the senators themselves after meeting with Haspel and her team.

The CIA claimed that Prince Mohammed corresponded with the leader of the group that killed and dismembered Khashoggi. Apparently, Haspel managed to convince the senators of this.

“You have to deliberately ignore the facts so as not to come to the conclusion that all this was organized and arranged by people subordinate to Prince Salman,” commented Republican Lindsey Graham, who has repeatedly supported Trump’s initiatives in the past, commented on the statements of the head of the CIA.

Graham then added that he could not support the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia and its participation in the war in Yemen, while Prince Salman remains in power.

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