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Prince Nayaf: Saudis wonât extradite Bayumi
Riyadh - Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz (a.k.a. âNo Al-Qaeda cells in Saudi Arabiaâ and The Prince of Insincerity (Zionists did it!) and The Prince of Fingerprints) on Tuesday ruled out the extradition of Saudi national Omar al-Bayumi, suspected by Washington of having been an associate of two of the 9/11 suicide bombers. Yup. He did. "We have never handed over a Saudi to a state or foreign party and we will never do it," Prince Nayef said when asked by Al-Hayat newspaper if Riyadh was ready to extradite Bayumi. Nope. Uh, uh. Not happening. Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along. The force is with A US congressional report on the September 11, 2001 attacks released last week stated that Bayumi was an associate of two of the hijackers, Khaled al-Mihdar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, and could have been a Saudi government agent. This is the guy with apparently unlimited funds who helped out the two 9/11 guys when they were tooling around El Lay. "Reports that Omar al-Bayumi is an agent of the Saudi government are baseless and not true," Saudi Arabiaâs ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, said at the time. My wife knows him. Not me. So heâs not official. Not an agent. Nope. "It is unfortunate that reports keep circulating in the media describing him as an agent of the Saudi government with attribution only to anonymous officials," Prince Bandar said. Your wife is anonymous? Oh, I forgot - youâre Saudi, so of course sheâs anonymous. My bad. So, think there might some reason (other than theyâve never done it before) that the Saudis wouldnât want Al Bayumi in US hands? Geeeeee. I canât think of anything... Posted by: PD 2003-07-29 |
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