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Follow-up: Bin Laden Confidant Surrenders to Saudis
By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI (AP) - Jul 13, 11:33 PM EDT A confidant of Osama bin Laden, seen on a videotape with the al-Qaida chief as he talked about the Sept. 11 terror attacks, surrendered to Saudi diplomats in Iran and was flown to the kingdom Tuesday. Khaled bin Ouda bin Mohammed al-Harby, a potentially valuable asset in the war on terror because of his closeness to bin Laden, was shown on Saudi TV being pushed in a wheelchair through the Riyadh airport. Al-Harby is the most important figure to surface under a Saudi amnesty promising to spare the lives of militants who turn themselves in. "Thank God, thank God ... I called the embassy and we were very well-received," al-Harby told Saudi TV in the airport terminal. "I have come obeying God, and obeying the (kingdom's) rulers." Rough. Private jet. No cops. Yep, he's really in for it now. Posted by: .com 2004-07-14 |
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