{"id":380682,"date":"2018-10-12T17:06:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T16:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/rep-walter-jones-calls-for-action-on-saudi-arabia\/"},"modified":"2018-10-12T17:06:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T16:06:28","slug":"rep-walter-jones-calls-for-action-on-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/rep-walter-jones-calls-for-action-on-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Walter Jones Calls for Action on Saudi\u00a0Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In response to the disappearance and suspected murder of U.S.-based journalist and democracy advocate Jamal Khashoggi, Congressman Walter B. Jones (R-NC) is calling on President Donald Trump to investigate Saudi Arabia\u2019s involvement in the disappearance, and to reconsider the United States\u2019 involvement with the kingdom. In a letter sent today, Jones reminded President Trump of Saudi Arabia\u2019s long history of disregarding American values and principles of freedom.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not surprising that intelligence agencies around the world strongly believe the Saudi Arabian government is complicit in Mr. Khashoggi\u2019s disappearance and suspected murder,\u201d wrote Congressman Jones. \u201cThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a long history of disregarding America\u2019s values and acting against the best interests of our country. We were reminded of that in 2016 when the House Intelligence Committee released the 28 pages of the Congressional Joint Inquiry into the 9\/11 attacks upon the United States, which were classified by the Bush Administration. As you recall, the 28 pages implicated the Saudi royal family in financially supporting the 9\/11 hijackers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite this, the United States continues to treat Saudi Arabia as if it were one of our greatest allies,\u201d Jones continued. \u201cThat is as stupid as it is sickening. Nearly 3,000 Americans were killed in the 9\/11 attacks and many are still suffering and dying from mental and physical wounds. I urge you to demand answers from the Saudi Arabian government regarding the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, to end American support of Saudi Arabian involvement in the Yemeni Civil War, and to reevaluate our unholy alliance with the kingdom immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

The full letter to President Trump is here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Congressman Jones was a leader in the fight to release the 28 pages of the Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001<\/a>. The 28 pages directly linked the Saudi royal family to the 9\/11 hijackers.<\/p>\n

For more information, please contact Allison Tucker in Congressman Walter Jones\u2019 office at Allison.tucker@mail.house.gov<\/a> or (202) 225-3415.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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In response to the disappearance and suspected murder of U.S.-based journalist and democracy advocate Jamal Khashoggi, Congressman Walter B. Jones (R-NC) is calling on President Donald Trump to investigate Saudi Arabia\u2019s involvement in the disappearance, and to reconsider the United States\u2019 involvement with the kingdom. In a letter sent today, Jones reminded President Trump of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2519,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-380682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2519"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}