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Re:Silicon Valley is awash with Saudi Arabian money by BariumBlue on Sunday October 21, 2018 @10:45AM (#18268189)
Partially the reaction is due to the location: a Saudi consulate. Embassies/consulates are generally considered unassailable, because an attack on them (or the people in them) is considered an attack on that nation itself.

Essentially, conducting an attack/murder at a consulate is considered far out of the standard diplomatic procedure. Bin Salman (who wasn't initially aware who conducted the attack) was outraged and demanded answers (not knowing the chain of responsibility would route back)

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Re:Silicon Valley is awash with Saudi Arabian money by twtw on Sunday October 21, 2018 @11:20AM (#18268437)
This would make a lot of sense if it wasn't the Saudi government that did it. The Saudi government killing him in their own consulate is not "an attack on the nation."
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Re:Silicon Valley is awash with Saudi Arabian money by projectramo on Sunday October 21, 2018 @10:48AM (#18268215)
Wouldn’t that make it less objectionable since that would mean they technically attacked a person in their own country?
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Re:Silicon Valley is awash with Saudi Arabian money by anticensor on Sunday October 21, 2018 @11:00AM (#18268289)
You cannot execute a person in an embassy.
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Re:Silicon Valley is awash with Saudi Arabian money by danso on Sunday October 21, 2018 @10:54AM (#18268252)
Why would it be less objectionable to be killed in your own "home" by your own government? The reason why governments don't kill their own citizens on another country's soil is because it's incredibly hard to do so without angering that other country.
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