a foolish man which built his house upon the sand

     On 10-2-18, 1:14 p.m. Khahoggi entered Saudi consulate in Istanbul; about 2 hours later the black van carrying the 15 assassins exited the consulate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/saudis-lay-in-wait-for-jamal-khashoggi-and-left-turkey-quickly-sources-say/2018/10/09/0e283e2e-cbc5-11e8-ad0a-0e01efba3cc1_story.html?utm_term=.eeab352dd41e

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10-16-18   http://www.oleantimesherald.com/pompeo-meets-the-saudi-crown-prince-in-riyadh/youtube_bcf7c4dd-548c-5570-a0f6-81e9700777ec.html

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  Senator Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee and chairman of Foreign Relations Committee, expressed frustration that his repeated efforts to obtain an intelligence assessment on the fate of Mr. Khashoggi had been denied by the administration.      https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/world/middleeast/pompeo-khashoggi-murder.html

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   Sharia is not codified, but subject to individual interpretation by clerics in each case....Without codification or a system of precedence, individual judges are free to interpret the Qur'an and prophetic traditions – the two agreed sources of Sharia – as they see fit, within general Islamic legal doctrines.  With the exception of half a dozen defined crimes, Saudi judges create a crime to fit the facts rather than assessing whether the facts fit a defined crime....

  Saudi judges frequently convict people who engaged in peaceful advocacy on the vague charge of going beyond the realm of obedience, al-khuruj 'ala ta'at wali al-amr.  For example, Riyadh's summary court in late July sentenced five people to a year in prison for a small peaceful protest calling for the release or trial of their relatives who had been detained for years without charge. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2011/oct/26/saudi-arabia-justice-system-reform

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  And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell:  and great was the fall of it.    -Matt. 7:26-7

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   "Please be advised that the reception for the National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, October 18, from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm (at Washington, D.C. Saudi Embassy) has been cancelled," the embassy said an email sent to guests and obtained by Reuters.    http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/313469/World/Region/Saudi-Arabia-cancels-annual-diplomatic-reception-i.aspx

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  After speaking with the king, Trump floated the idea that “rogue killers” might have been responsible for the disappearance.  Trump said that that description was informed by his “feeling” from his conversation with Salman and that the king did not use the term....

  In an interview with Fox News a prominent Trump ally in the US Senate called on Saudi Arabia to reject the crown prince, who rose to power last year and has aggressively sought to soften the kingdom’s image abroad and attract foreign investment.  “This guy has got to go,” said US Senator Lindsey Graham.  http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2018/10/18/2003702612