Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

Re:Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered insid... by escape_goat on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:23PM (#23848397)

Fahim Saleh was born in Saudi Arabia and was killed in a manner that "appeared professional" and then dismembered.

This could easily be an atrocious crime by an individual or related to — for instance — organized crime in Nigeria, but it is sobering that one of the usual suspects when something like this happens is a state actor.

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Re:Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered insid... by devalgo on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @03:47PM (#23850658)

I'm not a defender of Saudi Arabia but besides him being born there how is it relevant? He does business in Africa and was educated in and lives in the US. Is there any indication he was a anti-Saudi activist? I don't see any so why should that be brought up at all?

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Re:Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered insid... by escape_goat on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:26PM (#23851209)

I haven't found any indication that he said anything against the Saudi regime. I brought it up because he appears to have been executed according to a professional (if bungled) plan reminiscent of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudi state. I think it merits contemplation any time anyone with Saudi connections is professionally murdered and dismembered.

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Re:Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered insid... by devalgo on Friday July 17, 2020 @12:38PM (#23872401)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/nyregion/fahim-saleh-susp...

What? You guys got hysterical and blamed the Saudis based on no facts and you were completely wrong? Who would of guessed? Oh wait, I did.

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Re:Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered insid... by devalgo on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:51PM (#23851582)

Sure but Khashoggi was a very high profile Journalist and Activist and that happened on Turkish soil. An assassination like that in the US would be a dramatic change in their behavior and politically very hazardous.

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Re:Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered insid... by electro_blah on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:43PM (#23855531)

lol. dude, Turkish goons beat the shit out of American people in front of cameras and got way with it.

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Re:Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered insid... by dontcarethrow2 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @08:02AM (#23858099)

I would just like to add, on American soil.

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Re:Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered insid... by devalgo on Thursday July 16, 2020 @11:00AM (#23859656)

Yeah assault and murder + dismemberment are clearly the same amirite

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