Elaborating on announcements of a first round of sanctions and punishments of Saudis over the killing of journalist, and permanent US resident, Jamal Khashoggi, the State Department has revealed that 21 Saudis had their visas revoked, or were otherwise declared barred from entering the US in the future.
The State Department has not named the 21 people, but indicated the day before that they would be involved in intelligence services, the foreign ministry, and other ministries believed to have been involved in the killing.
Officials indicated that this was just the first step, and that it would not be the end of the US say in the matter. They also say of the 21 banned, the vast majority had US visas already, which have all been revoked.
Saudi officials have yet to respond to this first round of US moves. Officials had previously indicated that they were prepared to punish the US severely, including massively increasing the price of oil over any sanctions.
Considering it was the House of Saud that perpetrated 9/11 and no visas were revoked for that, should Americans be grateful that the establishment media suddenly decided to protect one of its own? What about the millions of deaths the media either promoted or hid?
These barring actions were taken under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act which applies to citizens who attempted to crack the wall of rigid political conformity and were persecuted and punished for their views. Khashoggi was not among them.
..from the Act:
Update: The 19 Arabs who supposedly did 9/11 have finally had their visas revoked. Many of them are actually still alive. Go figure!
The State Department has not named the 21 people
Not one person named, equates zero persons barred