Will Saudis in exile suffer the same fate as Jamal Khashoggi?
Former Saudi intelligence official files a lawsuit alleging Saudi crown prince sent a hit squad to kill him in Canada.
A man with close ties to the Saudi royal family falls out with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, goes into exile, and is targeted by a group of hitmen.
It sounds like what happened to journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.
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But this is the story of former top Saudi Intelligence official Saad al-Jabri.
He says not long after Khashoggi’s killing, Prince Mohammed dispatched a group of hitmen, known as the Tiger Squad, to assassinate him.
Al-Jabri is now suing the crown prince for damages in a United States court.
So what is the potential impact of this lawsuit?
Presenter: Imran Khan
Guests:
Imad Harb – director of research and analysis at the Arab Center in Washington, DC
Abdulaziz Almoayyad – Saudi human rights activist and member of the Saudi Diaspora Party
Karen Greenberg – director of Fordham University School of Law’s Center on National Security