Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said a prominent Saudi journalist died as a result of a brutal premeditated murder, urging Saudi Arabia to turn over the suspects for trial in Istanbul. <br />For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Ro Aram…<br />Aram… tell us more….<br /><br />Well Mark… President Erdogan delivered a sharp rebuttal of Saudi Arabia's widely criticized account that Jamal Khashoggi died in a rogue operation. <br />He told ruling party lawmakers on Tuesday that Saudi officials had planned the killing for days.<br /><br />"Some information gathered by our security and intelligence evidences, that are still being evaluated indicates already that the incident was certainly planned….."<br /><br />He gave a detailed account of the suspects' whereabouts prior to and during the day of what he called Khashoggi's "savage" murder. <br />There were no bombshell revelations, but among some of the new details Erdogan revealed was an allegation that a team of Saudi agents went on a reconnaissance mission to a forest on the outskirts of Istanbul.<br />He didn't specifically say why the area was scouted, but there have been suggestions that Khashoggi's body may have been disposed of there.<br />Erdogan also claimed that security cameras at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul were disconnected hours before Khashoggi arrived for his appointment to obtain paperwork for his planned marriage. <br />The Turkish president stopped short of mentioning the Saudi crown prince ordered the killing, but called on him to extradite the suspects to Turkey to be tried in Istanbul.<br />Hours after Erdogan's speech, U.S. President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia's response to Khashoggi's murder was "the worst cover-up ever."<br /><br />"........Somebody really messed up. And they had the worst cover-up ever. And where it should have stopped is at the deal standpoint, when they thought about it. Because whoever thought of that idea I think is in big trouble."<br /><br />Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also said the U.S. will punish those responsible and is revoking U.S. visas of 21 identified suspects. <br />
