Turkey Makes the Most of Its Moment
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🗓️ 23 October 2018
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's been three weeks since journalist Jamal Kashogi was murdered. |
| 0:07.3 | On October 2nd, he walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and never came out. |
| 0:12.4 | Not alive at least. |
| 0:14.3 | Every time you think you've heard all the terrible details about his death, you learn |
| 0:18.6 | another one. |
| 0:19.6 | It's just another unbelievable cover story. |
| 0:24.4 | So let's lay this out. |
| 0:25.4 | One of the Saudis was an autopsy expert and that a bone saw was used on the body after |
| 0:30.4 | the murder. |
| 0:31.4 | Hmm, a bone saw talk of an assassination squad. |
| 0:35.2 | It sounds like Turkish authorities are moving towards the theory that this indeed was a |
| 0:40.3 | targeted murder. |
| 0:41.6 | And each bit of information, each new horrific detail. |
| 0:46.7 | It's all been coming from the same place. |
| 0:49.7 | Turkish officials claim he was murdered by a 50... |
| 0:53.1 | Let's look in Turkey. |
| 0:54.5 | Turkish officials are accusing Saudi Arabia. |
| 0:56.8 | Rahuas unnamed Turkish officials have told the Washington Post and Reuters that he was killed |
| 1:02.3 | in that consulate. |
| 1:03.8 | Essentially, that Turkish officials have come to the conclusion that he was murdered. |
| 1:08.7 | CNN has not been able to independently confirm those reports. |
| 1:12.8 | Today the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he stood in front of parliament in Ankara |
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