Mohammad Dahlan
UAE Crown Prince Mohammad bin Zayed al-Nahyan’s chief hitman in the region Mohammad Dahlan threw vicious accusations at Yeni Şafak daily after the newspaper exposed his dirty plots.
Yeni Şafak on Monday published a report based on various sources stating that Zayed and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman were preparing to blame Dahlan for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Yeni Şafak stated that Dahlan was hospitalized in Dubai with “a broken neck,” following a brawl that broke out on a luxury yacht in the oil-rich emirate after Dahlan refused to become the new “scapegoat” for the murder.
Mohammed Dahlan, the former security chief for the Palestinian Authority who is also known as the “hitman” of the Middle East, was the main mediator between the UAE government and an assassination squad in Yemen.
As efforts to distance Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi intensify, UAE Crown Prince Mohammad bin Zayed al-Nahyan’s chief hitman in the region Mohammad Dahlan is said to have been hospitalized in Dubai with “a broken neck,” following a brawl that broke out on a luxury yacht in the oil-rich emirate after Dahlan refused to become the new “scapegoat” for the consulate murder.At the yacht party held in honour of bin Salman, Dahlan allegedly got an offer to be the main actor of the Khashoggi murder, and was badly beaten by a team in Dubai after he refused.Mohammed Dahlan, the former security chief for the Palestinian Authority who is also known as the “hitman” of the Middle East, was the main mediator between the UAE government and an assassination squad in Yemen.Khashoggi, a frequent contributor to The Washington Post, was killed on Oct. 2 inside the Consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul.Under heavy protectionDahlan is said to have been taken to a private Dubai hospital immediately after the brawl on the yacht. People close to Dahlan made statements saying he was receiving treatment following an accident which were retracted a few hours later. A Saudi source told Yeni Şafak daily that Dahlan was hospitalized with a “broken neck” and that he was placed under heavy protection at the hospital with nobody allowed to visit him. The source went on to say that this could be “only the beginning of several shocking development to come in the next few days.”Dahlan to take fall for Khashoggi murder It is said that both the Saudi and Emirati crown prices have been working on a scenario with U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner that would implicate Dahlan in the Khashoggi murder, letting him take the fall for the consulate operation as a way to “put a lid on the case.”Dahlan, who is of Palestinian origin, played an active role in assembling a “cover-up team” of four tasked with erasing all traces of the gruesome murder, according to an informed source who spoke to Yeni Şafak daily on the condition of anonymity. The new version of events, which will be revealed in the coming days, and documents will surface, presenting Dahlan as the sole perpetrator of the Khashoggi murder, which will be the first step to exonerate Crown Prince bin Salman.The CIA believes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of Khashoggi, sources familiar with the matter said, complicating President Donald Trump's efforts to preserve ties with a key U.S. ally.The sources said the CIA had briefed other parts of the U.S. government, including Congress, on its assessment, which contradicts Saudi government assertions that Prince Mohammed was not involved.Dahlan’s replacement is ready A few names are in the running to replace Dahlan as the UAE prince’s chief hitman in the region is set to be sidelined. UAE Crown Prince bin Zayed is said to be considering Palestinian Samir Mashharawi, who served for years in Fatah, as a replacement for Dahlan and had him flown to Dubai for this purpose. An informed Palestinian source told Yeni Şafak dialy that a rift had opened between supporters of President Mahmoud Abbas and those close to Dahlan. The source went on to say that Mashharawi will end up serving the same purpose as Dahlan, with the help of Fatah official Rashid Abu Shubbak.Khashoggi killed two months after Saudi used Israeli spyware to hack messages: CNNSaudi-led coalition says Houthi fighters to be evacuated Monday
Dahlan allegedly hospitalized in Dubai after refusing to take fall for Khashoggi murder
Dahlan falters under pressure
Reporter Sami Kemal, who has close ties to Egyptian intelligence circles, confirmed Yeni Şafak’s report and also said that Israel had invited Dahlan to Tel Aviv for treatment. Kemal claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intervened in order to “save” Dahlan.
When such reports spread across the Arab world, Dahlan could not handle the pressure and proceeded to attack Yeni Şafak, saying the publication was a “terror ally” while speaking to Al Arabiya Al-Hadath in a televised interview.
Hitman threatens Yeni Şafak staff
Dahlan claimed that Yeni Şafak attacked Salman, Zayed and Egyptian Presiden Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with “fake news,” and added that these leaders would stay in power for five decades.
“Rumors circulated by the Turkish media to sabotage Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Brace yourselves… bin Salman will remain in power for the next 50 years unless we witness a divine intervention.”
A wave of rage greater than the one witnessed during the Arab Spring is set to hit the region “very soon” unless the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are stopped, warned prominent dissident UAE politician. Speaking exclusively to Yeni Şafak daily, General Secretary of UAE’s People Party Hasan al-Diqqi warned that the region will pay a hefty price “very soon” unless UAE Crown Prince Mohammad bin Zayed is stopped.Dahlan allegedly hospitalized in Dubai after refusing to take fall for Khashoggi murderMazroui is to bin Zayed what Qahtani is to bin Salman “UAE Crown Prince Mohammad bin Zayed is at the center of all anti-Turkey activities such as the July 15 coup attempt, downing of the [Russian] fighter jet, the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), among others. Zayed’s deputy Hamid al-Mazroui and chief hitman Mohammad Dahlan have been specially tasked with the Khashoggi murder. Mazroui is to bin Zayed what Qahtani is to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS).” Dahlan and Mazroui had been plotting the Khashoggi murder for four months, al-Diqqi continued.Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist working for The Washington Post, was killed and dismembered shortly after he entered the Saudi consulate.After weeks of saying he had left the consulate alive, the Saudi administration later admitted he was killed there, blaming his death on a group of rogue Saudi operatives.The Istanbul prosecutor's office has concluded there is "strong suspicion" that Saud al-Qahtani, a top aide to Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, and was among the planners of Khashoggi's Oct. 2 killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the officials said.“We will hear Mazroui’s name more often in the coming days. He was educated in Lebanon and completed his education in the Mossad-affiliated ‘Al-Sweiyfat’ camp, from which he later came to the UAE, where he was assigned as a general security responsible. He took on a leading role in carrying out shady activities related to Palestine, Syria and Iraq, among others. “Mazroui is so deluded to even claim that Israeli attacks against Gaza are a “cleansing campaign’ against Hamas,’ telling people not to ‘be afraid.’ He is the same person who would say ‘Israeli cities are burning, may God protect the people of Israel,’” said al-Diqqi.UAE’s bin Zayed: The man behind the Middle East’s bloodiest conflictsSaudi Arabia is the heart of the axis of evil“Mohammad bin Salman is turning the Kingdom into ‘the world’s new center of evil.’ He aims to transform society with his NEOM project. These steps will cause a social upheaval and will result in partitioning the kingdom. The two princes are treacherous figures to their people, and despite their countries having different dynamics, they serve as cogs in the same project. The UAE has a population of 1 million and the remaining 8 million are expats. The situation in Saudi is different and the plan being carried out in UAE will result in an even bigger disaster in Saudi Arabia. Mohammad bin Salman and Mohammad bin Zayed actually hate one another; they display unity only so far as their joint mission requires. Zayed is a man held hostage by drugs and vices, and his ties to Israel go way back to the early 2000s, which makes him senior to bin Salman.”The “Great Spring” is fast approaching Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have now taken up the project that was attempted by the U.S. in Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, where they “manufactured terror” and “turned individuals into terrorists,” according to al-Diqqi. “They’re trying to create a structure similar to Daesh. The Arab world has been under a political, economic and cultural occupation for a century. The pent-up anger that exploded in 2011 and has been mismanaged could not reach its target. Now there’s an even bigger wave coming and countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya will experience an explosion of fury. I’m expecting a wave of disobedience much bigger than the Arab Spring of 2011 to hit the region. This will be the bookend of a century for the Arab world and it will impact the entire world,” al-Diqqi concluded.Dahlan ‘cover-up team’ from Lebanon helps hide traces of Khashoggi murder
Wave of rage bigger than Arab Spring to hit region: UAE politician
Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post, went missing after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in early October.
After initially saying he had left the consulate alive, Saudi Arabia admitted weeks later that he was killed there, blaming his death on a group of rogue Saudi operatives.
Khashoggi’s murder has tarnished the Saudi crown prince’s reputation, deepening questions among Western allies and some Saudis about his leadership.
A group of the U.S. senators introduced a resolution on Wednesday urging the U.S. government to hold the crown prince accountable for a number of actions, including the Khashoggi killing and contributing to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
The Oct. 2 killing in Istanbul of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi should face an international probe, just not one by the UN, said the UN human rights chief on Wednesday.“We urged an international probe on the Khashoggi case. But we don't have jurisdiction for a criminal investigation,” Michelle Bachelet, UN high commissioner for human rights, told reporters at the UN offices in Geneva.“I do believe [an international investigation] is really needed in terms of ensuring what really happened and who are responsible for that awful killing,” she added.Rebuffing charges of UN inaction, Bachalet said they have been waiting for “detailed information” as the UN can’t act in line with unconfirmed reports, reiterating that it lacks the jurisdiction to act itself.On the situation in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, she said: “At least 7,000 civilians are trapped in Daesh-controlled areas in the region. Civilians in the region are being used as bargaining chips and pawns, and they are paying the greatest price for the civil war in Syria.”Khashoggi, a frequent contributor to The Washington Post, was killed on Oct. 2 shortly after he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.After weeks of denying involvement, the Kingdom admitted that Khashoggi had been killed at the consulate but claimed that the Saudi royal family had no prior knowledge of a plot to murder him.
UN urges international inquiry on Khashoggi killing
Dahlan responds to so-called “rumors”
“They threaten the Middle East’s stability. Their reporting about Palestine, Libya, Iraq and Syria supports terror and they will be held to account,” Dahlan said, referring to Yeni Şafak.
“I am not affected by rumors, and I am not intimidated, but rather I am taking advantage of these rumors. It is a skill that I learned from the late leader Yasser Arafat,” said Dahlan, who felt the need to take to TV to deny that he was not physically assaulted by a Dubai gang that coincided with the visit of bin Salman.
The Palestinian hitman also continued his tirade on Twitter. Figures close to him commented on his tweets threatening Yeni Şafak Editor-In-Chief İbrahim Karagül and reporter Yılmaz Bilgen.
There is "no doubt" Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman was involved in the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Senator Marco Rubio said Wednesday."Just from what we know about Saudi Arabia, what we know about the crown prince and what we know about this murder leaves you with no doubt that the crown prince, at a minimum, knew about it and condoned it, and perhaps at worst was actually involved in directing it," Rubio told CNN.The senator said he knows bin Salman was involved in the murder because he has "absolute control" of the country."Saudi Arabia is not some decentralized government that operates with all sorts of people acting independently," he added. "Everything there is very tightly controlled."The comments come one day after CIA Director Gina Haspel briefed a select group of lawmakers on the agency's intelligence regarding Khashoggi's murder on Oct. 2 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.Rubio was not among the group, but said as a member of the Senate intelligence committee he had prior knowledge of it."Everything they knew, whatever they learned in that meeting, we've known," he said.Asked why U.S. President Donald Trump and his senior officials have obviated on placing responsibility directly with bin Salman, Rubio said in his view "they are trying to preserve from a realistic perspective the importance of the Saudi-US alliance, which I agree with."It is a critical one. But all alliances have buffers, all alliances have limits," he said. "And the crown prince will continue to test the limits of this alliance until those limits are clearly set."Saudi Arabia had offered changing explanations for Khashoggi's murder, initially saying he left the consulate alive before admitting weeks later the journalist was killed there while blaming his death on a group of rogue Saudi operatives.
'No doubt' prince tied to Khashoggi murder: US senator