Mohammed bin Salman "validated" Khashoggi's assassination, Washington says

Jamal Khashoggi, here in 2014. AFP / File

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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "validated" the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, US intelligence services said in a report released Friday.

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We have come to the conclusion that the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman has validated an operation in Istanbul, Turkey, to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, 

" writes the National Intelligence Directorate in this short declassified document of four pages.

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The Crown Prince considered Khashoggi a threat to the kingdom and more broadly supported the use of violent measures if necessary to silence him, 

" she added.

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