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Human Rights Watch, hundreds of migrants are said to have been shot dead as a result of MBS order on the border with Yemen. In the ZDF interview (Second German
Television), Col. Rabih reports on an order that has been carried out for three years: In 2020, a killing order came from Prince Mohammed bin Salman himself. The order says to kill anyone who comes near the Saudi border, any person near the border is considered a terrorist and must be neutralized immediately.
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Alenezi studied both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the UK. In addition to that, he worked with
American police officers and studied security in Phoenix the capital city of Arizona in United States. He also served as a senior official in Saudi Arabia's security service for two decades. During
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Since his defection, Alenezi has received numerous death threats. He was receiving an average of 50 death threats a week. The Saudi royal court reportedly had a $ 250,000 (ÂŁ200,000) bounty on his head, therefore, the
British police advised him to adopt the lifestyle of Edward Snowden, the former US
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