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Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi's Murder, Asserts BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 8 Boult leads New Zealand fi ghtback Alternatif Bank set against to open three more branches in Turkey Pakistan published in QATAR since 1978 SUNDAY Vol. XXXIX No. 11006 November 18, 2018 Rabia I 10, 1440 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals In brief Amir to visit Croatia, Italy Several agreements to be signed during the trip Saudi crown prince QATAR | Offi cial PM sends message to Malian counterpart ordered Khashoggi’s The Prime Minister of Mali Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga received a written message from Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah murder, asserts CIA bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, concerning bilateral relations O Trump briefed on Khashoggi, a US-based Washing- development,” Trump said. “As presi- and ways to support them. The killing by CIA, Pompeo ton Post columnist and critic of the dent, I have to take a lot of things into message was handed over by crown prince, was killed in October at consideration.” Qatar’s ambassador to Mali Ahmed the Saudi consulate in Istanbul when Marine General Joseph Dunford, bin Abdulrahman al-Sunaidi, during Reuters he went there to pick up documents he chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , a meeting with the Malian prime Washington needed for his planned marriage. noted yesterday that the kingdom plays minister in Bamako yesterday. As lawmakers push legislation a key military role for the United States to punish Saudi Arabia for the kill- in the Middle East. QATAR | Sport S President Donald Trump, ing, both Republican and Democratic “Saudi Arabia has been an impor- QOC to celebrate while fl ying to California yes- senators yesterday urged Trump to be tant partner to regional security in the Uterday, was briefed on the mur- tough on the crown prince, with whom past, I expect they will be in the future,” Sport Excellence Day der of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi he has cultivated a deep personal rela- he said at a security forum in Halifax, Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) after a CIA assessment that Saudi tionship. adding Middle Eastern allies including today will organise the Sport Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman “Everything points to the Crown Saudi Arabia are “a stabilising force in Excellence Day to honour the ordered the killing, the White House Prince of Saudi Arabia, MbS, order- the region”. best athletes, sport off icials and said. ing @washingtonpost journalist Jamal On Thursday, Saudi Arabia’s pub- sport institutions for their tangible Trump discussed the CIA assess- #Khashoggi’s killing. The Trump ad- lic prosecutor said he was seeking the contribution in boosting sport ment by phone with the agency’s direc- ministration should make a credible death penalty for fi ve suspects charged movement during this year. The tor, Gina Haspel, and Secretary of State determination of responsibility before in the killing of Khashoggi. ceremony is being organised in Mike Pompeo, White House spokes- MbS executes the men who apparently The prosecutor, Shaalan al-Shaalan, recognition of the distinguished woman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told carried out his orders,” tweeted Sena- told reporters the crown prince knew individuals who have made reporters. tor Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate nothing of the operation, in which achievements for Qatari sport and The CIA had briefed other parts of Foreign Relations Committee, yester- Khashoggi’s body was dismembered succeeded in raising the Qatari flag the US government, including Con- day. and removed from the consulate. in the various tournaments where gress, on its assessment, sources told Trump and top administration offi - Lawmakers critical of Saudi Arabia they represented Qatar, in addition Reuters on Friday, a development that cials have said Saudi Arabia should be for Khashoggi’s killing and its role in to their success in translating the complicates Trump’s eff orts to pre- held to account for any involvement in Yemen’s civil war are ramping up their vision of the QOC. serve ties with the US ally. Khashoggi’s death and have imposed eff orts to clamp down on the country. The CIA’s fi nding is the most defi ni- sanctions on 17 Saudis for their role in “Trump must accept (for once) his ARAB WORLD | Confl ict tive US assessment to date tying Saudi the killing. intelligence experts’ incontrovertible Arabia’s de facto ruler directly to the But they have also stressed the im- conclusion: Crown Prince MbS is cul- Anti-IS coalition raids killing and contradicts Saudi govern- portance of Washington’s ties with pable for Khashoggi’s monstrous mur- kill 43 in east Syria ment assertions that Prince Mohamed Riyadh, one of the biggest clients of the der. This brazen killing must have con- US-led coalition air strikes yesterday was not involved. US defence industry. Trump wants to sequences - sanctions, prosecution, killed 43 people, mostly civilians, However, the State Department said preserve the Saudi arms deals, despite removal of MbS & others, not con- in an Islamic State group holdout no “fi nal conclusion” has been reached growing opposition in Congress. tinued cover-up, enabled by Trump,” in eastern Syria in the latest deadly by the United States on who was behind “They have been a truly spectacu- tweeted Democratic Senator Richard raids reported there this month, a the murder of Khashoggi. lar ally in terms of jobs and economic Blumenthal yesterday. monitor said. Elsewhere, regime “Recent reports indicating that the forces retook the last IS foothold US government has made a fi nal con- in the country’s south when the clusion are inaccurate. There remain US will hold killers to account: Pence militants withdrew into the desert numerous unanswered questions with after months of fighting, the Britain- respect to the murder of Khashoggi,” based Syrian Observatory for spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a The US Vice-President Mike Pence said on the sidelines of an Apec Human Rights said. Page 14 His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will pay today an off icial statement. has said that the United States summit in Papua New Guinea. visit to Croatia, followed by a visit to Italy, at the invitation of Croatian President “The State Department will continue would hold the murderers of Jamal He described the Saudi Journalist’s LATIN AMERICA | Accident Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Italian President Sergio Mattarella. The Amir will to seek all relevant facts. In the mean- Khashoggi to account. murder as an “atrocity” and an discuss with the leaders and senior off icials of the two countries ways to enhance time, we will continue to consult Con- “The United States is determined to “aff ront to a free and independent Argentina fi nds sub a and develop bilateral relations in various fields, in addition to a number of topics of gress, and work with other nations to hold all of those accountable who are press” and added: “We are going to year aft er disappearance mutual interest. A number of agreements will be signed in several fields during the hold accountable those involved in the responsible for that murder,” Pence follow the facts.” – QNA The wreckage of an Argentine visit. His Highness the Amir will be accompanied by an off icial delegation. killing of Jamal Khashoggi,” she said. submarine has been located, a year after it vanished into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean with 44 crew members in the country’s worst naval disaster in decades. There has been “positive identification of the Hassad Food, Rwanda sign ARA San Juan,” at a depth of 800m Al Enna tourism development (2,600ft), the navy said on Twitter, confirming the vessel had imploded. MoU for co-operation Page 22 project offi cially launched AMERICA | Weather Teams search for 1,000 O Project to develop tion, Batabit, Mawater, Katara Hospi- ous partners, camping ground own- missing in Calif. wildfi re tality, and QSports. ers, and businesses to continuously Forensic recovery teams searched 6mn sq m of Sealine area Omar al-Jaber, NTC representative improve the camping and desert ex- for more victims in the charred O More than 140 and Al Enna Project offi cial spokes- perience. Developing the Sealine and wreckage of the northern California person, said: “We are honoured by Inland Sea regions while enhancing town of Paradise yesterday as the outlets to serve visitors HE the Prime Minister’s patronage the desert experience there supports number of people listed as missing throughout winter and HE the Minister of Municipal- our eff orts to deliver tourism products in the state’s deadliest wildfire camping season ity and Environment’s support of this and services that raise Qatar’s profi le topped 1,000. President Donald initiative. While this is a pilot project, as an attractive winter tourism desti- Trump visited the devastated small our work is ongoing with the vari- nation.” To Page 10 community in the Sierra foothills, nder the patronage of HE the 175 miles (280km) north of San Prime Minister and Minister Hassad Food CEO Mohamed Badr al-Sadah and Rwanda Development Board CEO Francisco, where authorities say the Uof Interior Sheikh Abdullah Clare Akamanzi shake hands after signing the agreement. remains of at least 71 people have bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, Al been recovered. Page 16 Enna Project was offi cially launched O Pact aims at exploring possible investment opportunities in on Friday by National Tourism Council the agricultural and food sectors. ASIA | Politics (NTC) and its partners. investment in agricultural Hassad Food CEO al-Sadah said: The inauguration ceremony was at- and food sectors “We’ve signed the memorandum of New Maldives leader tended by senior offi cials from NTC as understanding with the Rwandan side warns of ‘dire’ economy well as the public and private sector assad Food, Qatar’s premier in line with Hassad’s new vision and Ibrahim Mohamed Solih took off ice partners involved in the project.
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