Posted on 12/30/2003 1:54:06 PM PST by Pikamax
Saudi Arabia Says Top Al Qaeda Suspect Surrenders Tue December 30, 2003 02:56 PM ET
RIYADH (Reuters) - One of Saudi Arabia's top wanted Islamic militants, sought in connection with deadly suicide bombings, surrendered to police on Tuesday, Saudi state media reported. An Interior Ministry statement carried by state media said Mansour bin Mohammad Ahmad Faqih, who was on a list of 26 wanted militants with suspected al Qaeda links, surrendered to authorities and was later visited by his family.
Saudi Arabia has promised to strike with an "iron fist" against those behind bombings that killed more than 50 people, including nine Americans, in May and November. But Riyadh has pledged that militants who surrender could expect better treatment in court.
The surrender came a day after a small bomb exploded in Riyadh in a parked car in what security sources said appeared to be an assassination attempt on a security forces officer.
Saudi Arabia named 26 suspects early this month it said were wanted in connection with "terrorism" in the kingdom and offered rewards of up to $1.9 million to anyone who helped police arrest them or thwart an attack.
State television has repeatedly shown pictures of the suspects who included 23 Saudis, two Moroccans and a Yemeni.
Security forces killed one of the 26 in a shootout this month. Police said a tip-off had been received for which a reward was paid.
The country has been battling a surge in Islamist militant violence believed to be linked to Saudi-born Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network.
Better yet, surrender to the nearest American and rat out the rest of your cell and your contact. Rewards will be substantial both now and in the next life.
They didn't say what treatment they could expect PRIOR to getting into court.
wonder if the Saudi's have is family.
Angleus didn't the Saudi's do this with another AQ member.
Currently, those who are wanted by the security authorities are:
1- Abdulaziz Isa Abdulmohsin Almoqrin, Saudi
2- Rakan Mohsin Mohammad Alsaikhan, Saudi
3- Khalid Ali bin Ali Haj, Yemeni
4- Kareem Altohami Almojati, Moroccan
5- Salih Mohammad A'wadh-Allah Ala'alawi Alo'oofi, Saudi
6- Ibrahim Mohammad Abdullah Alrayes, Saudi
7- Saud Homood Obaid Alqotaini Alo'taibi, Saudi
8- Ahmad Abdulrahman Saqr Alfadhli, Saudi
9- Sultan Bjad So'doon Alotaibi, Saudi
10-Abdullah Saud Abunayan Alsobaie'e, Saudi
11- Faisal Abdulrahman Abdullah Aldikheel, Saudi
12- Faris Ahmad Jamaan Al Showeel Alzahrani, Saudi
13- Khalid Mobarak Habeeb-Allah Alqurashi, Saudi
14- Mansoor Mohammad Ahmad Faqeeh, Saudi
15- Isa Saad Mohammad bin O'ooshan, Saudi
16- Talib Saud Abdullah Al Talib, Saudi
17- Mostafa Ibrahim Mohammad Mobaraki, Saudi
18- Abulmajeed Mohammad Abdullah Almoneea', Saudi
19- Nasir Rashid Nasir Alrashid, Saudi
20- Bandar Abdulrahman Abdullah Aldikheel, Saudi
21- Othman Hadi Al Maqbool Ala'mri, Saudi
22- Talal A'nbar Ahmad A'nbari, Saudi
23- A'amir Mohsin Moreef Al Zaidan Alshihri, Saudi
24- Abdullah Mohammad Rashid Alroshood, Saudi 25- Abdulrahman Mohammad Mohammad Yazji, Saudi
26- Hosain Mohammad Alhasaki, Moroccan. The Ministry of Interior will update the information on the wanted periodically.
The Ministry pointed out that all these wanted should surrender themselves to security authorities to clarify their positions and anyone convicted will be treated in accordance with the rules of tolerant Islamic Sharia.
Anyone who covers up for or cooperates with these wanted in any form will be subject to religious deterring punishment, the announcement said.
The Ministry called on all citizens and residents to cooperate through reporting on anyone of these wanted suspects by using free telephone No. 990, noting that all notifications will be secretly kept.
It announced allocations of immediate financial rewards to anyone who reports on and leads to any suspect of these wanted or other terrorist elements and cells as follows:
One million Saudi Riyals will be given to anybody for information that leads to the arrest of anyone of those wanted or any other terrorists;
Five million Saudi Riyals for information leading to the arrest of a group of the wanted;
and Seven million Saudi Riyals for anyone contributing to foiling a terrorist act by uncovering the cell or the group that plans the act.
That just means that the sword they use at your beheading will be extra sharp to cause as little discomfort as possible.
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