Khashoggi Died In Car Accident

It has been fifteen years since the death of Idi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda. His last decade or so was spent living in exile in… [quickly burying the lead, see below for details]

“For much of the 1970’s, the beefy, sadistic and telegenic despot had reveled in the spotlight of world attention as he flaunted his tyrannical power, hurled outlandish insults at world leaders and staged pompous displays of majesty.”

While I don’t recall ever reading about the size of his hands, I remember a different “joke” from his reign of terror.

When the political, religious, and civil opponents disappeared and were later reported to have been found dead – their corpses so brutally beaten and/or dismembered that they were barely recognizable – Idi Amin announced that the alleged murders were Fake News. Somehow there were a lot of coincidences: each had “died in a car accident.” The ’70s were such humorous times. Remember Pol Pot?

After about 300,000 similarly grisly “car accidents”, the Last King of Scotland finally left Uganda. He’d managed to enrich himself – at the expense of his country – and left with his wives, children, and money. After a stop in Libya where he tutored its leader in Crazy, he finally found a home in…

Saudi Arabia.

“Where’s Waldo?” was temporarily renamed “Where’s Khashoggi?” for a couple weeks as folks began to come up with a story to explain his absence.

“Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 in order to obtain documents related to his planned marriage. As no CCTV recorded him exiting the consulate, he was declared a missing person amid news reports claiming that he had been killed and dismembered inside the consulate. An inspection of the consulate, by both Saudi Arabian and Turkish officials, took place on 15 October. Turkish officials found evidence of “tampering” during the inspection and evidence that supported the belief that Khashoggi had been killed. Initially, the Saudi Arabian government denied the death and claimed that Khashoggi had left the consulate alive but 18 days later admitted he had died inside, claiming a fistfight had led to Khashoggi being strangled. Eighteen Saudis were arrested, including the team of 15 who had been sent to “confront him”. Immediately after the release of the Saudi statement, Khashoggi’s editor at the Washington Post Karen Attiah called it “utter bullshit.” ~ Wikipedia

Somewhere in a palace in Riyadh someone is saying “Hey, remember that guy who got away with all that shit in Africa and then moved here?”

Any moment I expect Sarah Huckabee Sanders (or her boss) to report the Alternative Facts:

Khashoggi died in car accident.

Another coincidence?