KHASHOGGI MYSTERY DEEPENS: Saudi King Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are reportedly considering forming a joint task force to investigate the disappearance and presumed killing of activist Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi ... State-run news agencies in both Saudi Arabia and Turkey acknowledged that the two leaders spoke by phone Sunday night. Turkey said Erdogan "stressed forming a joint working group to probe the case." Saudi Arabia meanwhile said King Salman thanked Erdogan "for welcoming the kingdom's proposal" for forming the working group.
The potential joint probe comes after the Saudi government on Sunday vowed to retaliate with "greater action" if the Trump administration punishes the country with sanctions for the apparently premeditated slaying of Khashoggi earlier this month inside its Turkish Embassy. Khashoggi, who wrote columns in the Washington Post critical of the Saudi government, entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 and disappeared. Trump has said the U.S. would be “very upset and angry” if the Saudi government was behind it and, in an interview with "60 Minutes," he clarified that there would be "severe punishment."
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