Saudis ask for bin Laden son
Scott Farwell
DALLAS - Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States said Sunday that his government has asked Iran to extradite Osama bin Laden's eldest son for plotting to assassinate members of the Saudi royal family and overthrow the government.
Prince Bandar bin Sultan said Iran has not acted on his country's request for Saad bin Laden and several other suspected terrorists. Iranian officials were not available for comment.
"My government has been requesting that they hand over any members of al-Qaida that we have information are terrorists or are Saudi citizens," said Prince Bandar, a guest of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones before Sunday's game at Texas Stadium in Irving.
"The general consensus is that there are several (senior) members of al-Qaida in Iran."
He said that Saudi Arabia believes Saad bin Laden is among the handful of men directing terrorism in the Middle East and all around the world, including the May suicide bombings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that had killed 23 people, including nine Americans.
Tehran has not rejected Saudi Arabia's request, the prince said.
"They've said they want to finish their investigation first, and then we will share and we will talk about it," he said. "We're handling Iran with sensitivity, but at the same time, we're very serious about extraditing terrorists."
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