Dubai's Deputy Police Chief Dahhi Khalfan expressed his criticism of a report from the U.S. intelligence agency regarding the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which claimed that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally approved his assassination in 2018.
In tweets on his Twitter account, Khalfan stated, "I have spent 52 years writing crime-related reports and have never seen a more disappointing report than the one published by America... From the first two points in the report, I confirmed that what it contained is refuted."
He added, "If America is to hold countries accountable as Biden claims for violating human rights, it will find that America has violated these rights more." He continued, "How many Iraqi scholars were assassinated in Iraq during America's occupation... Biden did not mourn them with even a word... His heart only softened for Khashoggi." He commented, "The perpetrators of Abu Ghraib crimes are lamenting Khashoggi's murder... Strange."
According to Khalfan, "Biden's differences and grudges against Trump and his son-in-law are being poured out on Mohammed bin Salman by reopening the Khashoggi case, adding, 'This is a cheap tactic,' as he expressed."
He noted, "The Khashoggi case has been referred to the judiciary and final rulings were issued on it, and in all parts of the world, a case ends when it is settled judicially." He continued, "But unfortunately, the cowboy mentality is still ingrained in the minds of some American leaders."
Khalfan questioned, "Have you ever seen the Russian government attacking an Arab or non-Arab ruler?" He called on Gulf leaders, saying, "Gulf Arab leaders should strengthen their relations with Russia... and I underline the word 'strongly'."
This comes after the U.S. intelligence report stated that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence believes that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey, to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The report noted that the Saudi Crown Prince viewed Khashoggi as a threat to the kingdom and approved actions to silence him. In response to the U.S. report, Saudi Arabia categorically rejected it, stating that it contained incorrect conclusions about the kingdom's leadership and could not be accepted, asserting Saudi Arabia's condemnation of the crime of Khashoggi's murder.
