Sky News is reporting that body parts of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been found (big, if true):
Sky Sources: body parts of journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul have been found
— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) October 23, 2018
Apparently the discovery was made at the Saudi consul general’s home:
Sky news reporting Khashoggi's remains found in garden of Saudi consul. Erdogan's speech was only step one in the reveal https://t.co/n7y610ScIc
— Aaron David Miller (@aarondmiller2) October 23, 2018
More from Sky News:
Jamal Khashoggi’s body parts have been found, according to @SkyNews. pic.twitter.com/zwglWdzVha
— Kevin Rincon (@KevRincon) October 23, 2018
The Sky News report comes shortly after Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had just finished up a speech this morning that criticized for being short on new details:
Erdogan speech long on characterizations but short on evidence. Let-down after build-up. Won’t materially change conversation, but does raise question as to why Erdogan holding back. Reinforces need for real international investigation rather than one conducted by KSA or Turkey.
— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) October 23, 2018
Erdogan says the Khashoggi killing was “a gruesome murder” and a “planned operation,” says those who ordered it should be held accountable, calls for an independent investigation with international participation. But no new details on what happened.
— Jackson Diehl (@JacksonDiehl) October 23, 2018
It seems impossible to believe that Erdoğan did not know the body parts had been found when he asked in his speech why the body had yet to be discovered:
Erdogan has questions for Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi's death: "On whose orders did these people come here? Even when the murder was clearly committed, why were many conflicting announcements made? And why has the body… still not been found?" https://t.co/mpMZXcuZTA pic.twitter.com/WEryeedzSX
— CNN International (@cnni) October 23, 2018
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So, no tape … yet:
Erdogan, seeing political gain in championing Khashoggi, applies new pressure on the Saudi crown prince but keeps the tapes as weapons in reserve. https://t.co/J9rufgLzsG?
— Steve LeVine (@stevelevine) October 23, 2018
Update. We’re seeing some pushback on the Sky News report:
BEWARE
Sources within Istanbul Prosecutor’s office told TRT World’s @HSYNYLMZ that they didn’t find #Khashoggi body parts inside the garden of Saudi Residence
Sources also said a picture circulating on social media purported to be the corpse is fake
Re: @SkyNews story
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) October 23, 2018
None of my sources confirm @SkyNews allegation that police found parts of #Khashoggi corpse inside the consul general’s residence.
So maybe we should wait to be sure about these kind of things?
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) October 23, 2018
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