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Emran Feroz is an Afghan-Austrian journalist currently based in Stuttgart, Germany. He is regularly writing from Afghanistan, often focusing on the Middle East, Central Asia, drone warfare, refugee policies and human rights. Emran is writing in both German and English. His work has already appeared in international media outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Intercept, Alternet, The Atlantic or the New York Times and in various German and Austrian news papers and magazines.
The American–Saudi Love Affair
Worth-hearing episode of Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill.
As the name of this week's episode ("Royal Murderers") says, the focus lies on the years-long love affair between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States.
Especially in the context of the brutal murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, it is important to spread more details on this political relationship that is mainly based on money, oil and weapons.
The Trump administration's reaction to Khashoggi's murder was beyond disgusting.
But Scahill also mentions the friendship of previous American governments. Both Bush and Obama loved the Saudi regime. Politicians from the Republicans to the Democracts constantly lobbied for the Kingdom.
This will not stop now—not even after the fact that the Saudi regime sent a death squad to Istanbul for torture and kill a journalist.
