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Why Biden has given MBS immunity over the Khashoggi killing

19 November 2022

10:10 PM

19 November 2022

10:10 PM

For US President Joe Biden, Saudi Arabia is the problem that never goes away. First came his decision to refrain from slapping penalties on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) following the kidnapping and murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a former Saudi royal insider who became increasingly critical of the ruling family (the Biden administration did place travel restrictions on 76 other Saudi officials and sanctioned the elite Saudi intelligence force that carried out the operation).

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