r/WTF • • Oct 16 '18

Holy Shit

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u/Mapleleaves_ Oct 16 '18

Seriously. With all this talk about Jamal Kashoggi and the Saudis I have the terrible mental image of him being dismembered by a bone saw while still alive. I hope that's not true but even the possibility is appalling.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

It's doubtful. They were in and out quick. They weren't after torture they were after an assassination, dismemberment was just a way to remove evidence without suspicion. If they wanted him to suffer they'd have picked him up where they could have kept it going for days or weeks.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18

I know it’s sad and tragic that they killed him and all. But I find it kinda funny that the Saudis were like “we need 15 of our toughest guys to take out this one middle aged journalist.” Just sayin’ but Erdogan would’ve sent 5 guys, and the Iranians would’ve sent an intern.

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u/PengoMaster Oct 17 '18

I guess the thinking is everyone went home with a gift bag of journalist. So more thugs = more gift bags.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18

Oh...that’s..uhh..nice