PENNSYLVANIA - FOOD POISONING - More Infections Reported; Sheetz Supplier Investigated
Oh my--I hope that PA trucking company I was telling you about was not the supplier---or a similar one
Fourth Saudi Militant Surrenders
Friday July 16, 2004 3:16 PM
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A wanted militant turned himself in to Saudi diplomats in Syria in response to a royal amnesty offer that expires soon, Saudi newspapers reported Friday.
Ibrahim al-Sadeq al-Qaidy had fought alongside Islamic extremists in Afghanistan and Bosnia, but had more recently been in hiding in Syria, the newspapers reported. It was not clear Friday what charges he faced and whether he was back in his homeland or was at the Saudi Embassy in Damascus.
Saudi and Syrian officials were not immediately available for comment Friday.
Following a series of suicide bombings, gunbattles and kidnappings blamed on al-Qaida members or sympathizers, King Fahd issued an amnesty offer, saying his government would not seek the death penalty against militants who turned themselves in. At the same time, security forces have stepped up efforts to capture those who don't give up.
Al-Qaidy was the fourth to respond. The most prominent of the four, Khaled bin Ouda bin Mohammed al-Harby, returned home Tuesday after surrendering in Iran. Al-Harby was a confidant of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, a Saudi-born dissident who portrays the United States as the enemy of Islam and the Saudi royal family as too close to America.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4317712,00.html