Confronted by Biden on Khashoggi killing, MBS pointed to U.S. "mistakes"

The Saudi official confirmed to Al-Arabiya on Saturday that Biden raised the murder of Khashoggi at the start of the meeting.

According to the Saudi official, the crown prince pushed back on Biden’s criticism and said the U.S. made many “mistakes”of its own in Iraq with the Abu Ghraib prison — the detention center that became the center of a torture and abuse scandal during the U.S. occupation.

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The Saudi official said MBS then raised the case of Abu Akleh, who was killed while covering an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. “What did the U.S. and other countries in the world do about her?” MBS asked, per the official.

Biden in the West Bank on Friday said the U.S. will continue to “insist on a full and transparent accounting” of Abu Akleh’s murder. The U.S. has said it was likely the veteran Al Jazeera journalist was killed by unintentional Israeli fire.

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