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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on December 07, 2018, 11:56:41 pm
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US senators push motion to condemn Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi murder
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Bill says US Senate has 'high level of confidence' MBS was complicit in Khashoggi's murder (AFP)
Thursday 6 December 2018 18:11 UTC
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Friday 7 December 2018 8:53 UTC
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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, an ally of President Donald Trump who has been critical of the White House's handling of the Khashoggi crisis, pushed the resolution forward.
The measure, proposed on Wednesday, states that the US Senate has a "high level of confidence" that the crown prince, known as MBS, was complicit in the "abhorrent and unjustified" murder of Khashoggi.
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The bill needs a simple majority to pass, but it is largely symbolic as it does not impose any sanctions or legal repercussions on MBS or Saudi Arabia more generally.
Read more at: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-senators-resolution-condemn-saudi-crown-prince-MBS-1486383842 (https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-senators-resolution-condemn-saudi-crown-prince-MBS-1486383842)