The Jamal Khashoogi murder was in the Saudi consulate a year ago, at this time of year. It was perpetrated by agents of the Saudi Arabian government, on the watch of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Are there parallels with the infamous Murder in the Cathedral, when knights loyal to Henry II killed Archbishop Thomas Becket? Agents loyal to the Crown Prince removed with extreme prejudice, that is assassinated, the turbulent journalist, a dissident thorn in the flesh of MbS. Becket was a thorn in the flesh of Henry II, who eventually took responsibility for the crime. Henry's knights went about their "urgent business", and so did Mohammed bin Salman's agents.
The Crown Prince, in an interview, has said that he has taken responsibility for the crime. So what kind of penance and personal punishment will he submit to? Not, I think, the same as Henry II.
Are there parallels with the infamous Murder in the Cathedral, when knights loyal to Henry II killed Archbishop Thomas Becket? Agents loyal to the Crown Prince removed with extreme prejudice, that is assassinated, the turbulent journalist, a dissident thorn in the flesh of MbS. Becket was a thorn in the flesh of Henry II, who eventually took responsibility for the crime. Henry's knights went about their "urgent business", and so did Mohammed bin Salman's agents.
The Crown Prince, in an interview, has said that he has taken responsibility for the crime. So what kind of penance and personal punishment will he submit to? Not, I think, the same as Henry II.
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