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neartheplain · 2021-03-23 18:37:38

Jamal Khashoggi was not a US citizen, though he did hold a Green Card as a lawful permanent resident.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/...

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tc313 | karma 300 | avg karma 2.8 · | 2021-12-09 09:22:27

Not to notpick, but while Khashoggi was a US resident, he was not a US citizen.

reducesuffering | karma 4144 | avg karma 1.4 · | 2022-01-15 13:35:07

Khashoggi worked for the Washington Post and lived in the US sometimes but he wasn’t a US citizen.

pandaman | karma 2313 | avg karma 1.09 · | 2021-12-09 18:34:52

Unless there was some other Jamal Khashoggi killed in a Saudi embassy, he was not a US citizen. Judging by the Tim Kaine's letter [1], he was not even a permanent resident of the US but a temporary worker on O-1 visa.

1. https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/connolly-kaine-l...

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sangnoir | karma 15035 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2019-03-31 14:24:57+00:00

Correction: Jamal Kashoggi was Saudi but had permanent residence in the US ("green card"). It was reported at the time that the US administration took umbrage in his non-citizen status as they were reluctant to take punitive measures

omegaworks | karma 2148 | avg karma 1.92 · | 2018-11-27 20:14:22

Quibbling over status is an interesting fallout of the same right-wing nationalist rhetoric. You're right though. He was a Saudi citizen, US resident on an O Visa with US citizen children on his way to a green card[1].

Should we not care about his murder as much then?

1. https://qz.com/1428499/jamal-khashoggi-what-trump-owes-khash...

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Harvey-Specter | karma 342 | avg karma 2.87 · | 2019-04-03 14:55:32+00:00

He's not a US citizen.

systemvoltage | karma 9933 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2021-06-04 22:43:58

He is not a US citizen.

nostromo | karma 47008 | avg karma 10.15 · | 2022-10-06 12:32:43

According to other reports, he was an Egyptian living in America. His citizenship status wasn't reported.

Not sure it matters... but it does complicate the usual "Americans behaving badly abroad" narrative.

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theorique | karma 3887 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2013-11-04 20:23:37

Also, he's not a US citizen.

(Edit: error on my part. His passport was revoked, which is what I was citing, but apparently he remains a citizen.)

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joenathanone | karma 2019 | avg karma 5.26 · | 2019-05-23 20:46:30+00:00

> foreign adversaries

He isn't a US citizen.

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ryanhuff | karma 1645 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2016-04-08 21:16:40+00:00

He is a US Citizen.

jgrahamc | karma 89756 | avg karma 10.41 · | 2013-07-01 22:12:22+00:00

He's not a 'stateless person'. His passport has been revoked, but he remains a US citizen.

mbreese | karma 12873 | avg karma 3.45 · | 2013-07-02 00:15:42+00:00

Just to be clear - he hasn't been exiled by the US. He is in self-imposed exile to avoid prosecution.

They haven't revoked his citizenship... just his passport. That doesn't remove citizenship, just the ability to travel abroad.

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cmrdporcupine | karma 19360 | avg karma 3.11 · | 2022-12-30 16:22:59

He was certainly not a US citizen when the project started. Not even for the first 20 years of its existence.

https://lwn.net/Articles/404729/

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olalonde | karma 25101 | avg karma 4.21 · | 2022-07-11 06:48:01

He is a US citizen, big difference.

hueving | karma 14605 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2017-05-21 09:00:31+00:00

Was he a US citizen?

tcoppi | karma 2240 | avg karma 5.16 · | 2013-07-02 10:02:21+00:00

Interesting, he says he is a US citizen in that letter, but didn't he say he was "stateless" recently?

baconner | karma 802 | avg karma 2.93 · | 2012-02-19 00:23:43+00:00

He does not have dual citizenship in the us or anywhere else. No idea where you got that or the bit about the FBI.

He is an Iranian citizen who lived in Canada until he returned to visit his dying father and was arrested.

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ceejayoz | karma 74610 | avg karma 3.33 · | 2023-11-21 15:01:21

> He lives in the Middle East, which does not have any extradition treaties with America.

He lives in Dubai, within one of the US's closest allies in the region. I'd be worried.

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