Posted on 08/24/2002 1:58:35 AM PDT by HAL9000
RIYADH (AFP) - A Saudi national suspected of terror links by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has turned himself in to Saudi security forces in Riyadh, his father said in statements.Abdul Aziz al-Rasheed, father of Saud al-Rasheed, told Al-Riyadh newspaper Saturday that his 21-year-old son returned from vacation in Egypt on Thursday and immediately went to the security authorities.
Saud went to Afghanistan about 19 months ago "as part of a charity relief team" before returning to Saudi Arabia "at least four months before the September attacks," the father said, adding that the FBI photo of his son was genuine.
"My son said he wanted to take part in the relief work and help his brothers in Afghanistan ... I was surprised to see his name and picture in the internet and media," he admitted.
The father said his son graduated on a computer training course and was briefly employed in the education ministry before starting his own business.
Saud has never travelled to the United States or Europe and had never been linked to a terrorist group, according to his father.
The FBI on Tuesday released a passport photo of Saud and said it considered him armed and dangerous.
The bureau wanted Rasheed following recent analysis of evidence collected in the investigation around the September 11 attacks, carried out mainly by Saudis, that turned up his passport, issued in Riyadh in May 2000.
Rasheed is the 15th person sought in connection with the suicide attacks with hijacked airliners which killed around 3,000 people.
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