Research Catalog

Title

The killing in the consulate : investigating the life and death of Jamal Khashoggi / Jonathan Rugman.

Author

Rugman, Jonathan

Publication

• London : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Description

358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

After Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was filmed going in to the Saudi consulate in Turkey, he was never seen alive again. What happened next turned into a major international scandal, now finally pieced together by Channel 4's BAFTA award-winning Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman. Described by Donald Trump as the 'worst cover-up ever', this is the first comprehensive account of one of the most notorious and outrageous murder plots of our time. In The Killing in the Consulate, Rugman pieces together in minute-by-minute detail the events after Khashoggi entered the Saudi diplomatic building on 2 October 2018, expecting to receive the documentation that would enable him to marry Hatice Gengiz, patiently waiting for him outside. Little did they realise, he was entering a trap, as a 15-man Saudi hit squad had just flown in to the country and was waiting for him. Within minutes he had been viciously murdered and his body was quickly disposed of. The Saudis thought they would be able to get away with it all, and concocted a far-fetched story to cover it up. But what they didn't realise was that Turkey's President Erdogan's security and intelligence agencies had bugged the consulate, and captured the horrific events on tape. Based on confidential sources, dramatic new evidence and in-depth research across several countries, Rugman reveals the context behind the murder and attempted cover-up. He shows how a power struggle between Erdogan and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, had such fatal results. The prince had seemed to promise a new and more open era for his country, while also investing vast sums in arms deals with the West. Inevitably other nations, including President Trump and the USA, were drawn into the affair, which created the biggest crisis in US-Saudi relations since 9/11. Skilfully, Rugman draws together all the strands to tell a gripping story of one man's tragedy that had global consequences.

Subjects

• Saudi Arabia
• Khāshqujī, Jamāl Aḥmad, 1958-2018 > Assassination
• Diplomatic relations
• 2000-2099
• Saudi Arabia > Foreign relations > 21st century
• State crimes > Saudi Arabia
• Journalists > Saudi Arabia
• Assassination

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- The final journey -- Walking the tightrope -- Meet the crown prince -- The fall from grace -- Flight to Washington -- The Ritz-Carlton affair -- A woman in Istanbul -- Last weekend in London -- The killing in the consulate -- Aftermath -- Investigation -- Trump and the House of Saud -- Ergogan and the House of Saud -- The lonely Turk -- Davs in the desert -- The Saudis vs the CIA -- 'Maybe he did, maybe he didn't!' -- The crown prince comeback tour -- One tragedy exposes another -- The Faustian bargain -- The story he did not complete.

Call Number

JFE 20-444

ISBN

• 9781471184758 (paperback)
• 1471184757 (paperback)
• 1471184749
• 9781471184741

LCCN

be2019036618

OCLC

1121616425

Author

Rugman, Jonathan, author.

Title

The killing in the consulate : investigating the life and death of Jamal Khashoggi / Jonathan Rugman.

Publisher

London : Simon & Schuster, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Other Form:

Electronic version: Rugman, Jonathan. Killing in the Consulate. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019 9781471184765 (OCoLC)1117626586

Research Call Number

JFE 20-444