1. What is the last that anyone knows about journalist Jamal Khashoggi?
He walked into the Saudi Consulate on Oct 2 to finalize a divorce so that he could marry his Turkish fiancee. But no one saw him leave.
2. What does Turkey say happened? What does Saudi Arabia say happened?
Turkey says that they have evidence that he was murdered inside and smuggled out; Saudi Arabia says that he just left through a back exit.
3. Why would the Saudi Arabian government have motive to murder him?
He has been publishing his dissident views against the Saudi government, and he had previously criticized the Crown Prince and had to flee the country.
4. How has Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tried to change Saudi Arabia?
He has loosened restrictions on women driving and has opened up cinemas, but he has also purged his government of non-supporters and promoted a bloody war against the Yemen.
5. How did Khashoggi come to work for The Washington Post instead of the Saudi paper Al Watan?
After fleeing his home country, he became a frequent opinion columnist for the WP to criticize Saudi's government from afar.
6. Why did he visit the Saudi Consulate in Turkey?
He filed paperwork needed for his upcoming wedding to his Turkish fiancee.
7. The US is an ally of both. Why don't they get along?
Saudi Arabia currently has a blockade of Qatar, one of Turkey’s allies, and the Saudi leaders don't agree with Turkey's acceptance of Islam.
8. How is the president responding to the issue? How are Senators responding?
Senators are saying that these events may call for a break in US and Saudi relations, but the President is more concerned about an arms deal not going through if we were to cut ties with them. He also points out that the journalist was a "permanent resident" not a citizen as if this justifies it.
9. Why doesn't the president want to cause too much trouble with Saudi Arabia?
He doesn't want to prevent a lucrative arms deal from going through.
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