Obaida Abdul-Rahman Al Otaibi
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Obaida Abdul-Rahman Al Otaibi is a Saudi Arabia
n journalist notable because he was named on a Saudi list of most wanted suspected terrorists.
Obaida Attended Imam Mohamed Bin Saud University in the late 1990s, where he earned a degree in media. After graduation he started working at Saudi Al-Jazirah. His former boss, Abdul-Elahi Al Qasim stated he was one of the first Saudi journalists to include his email address in his byline. He stated that Obaida had shown no signs of extremist ideology while with the paper.
Obaida left Saudi Arabia for the United Arab Emirates
in 2005.
The most wanted list was published in late January of 2009, and includes 85 names. Obaida's is the fiftieth name on the list. His listing accused him of "planning to target vital infrastructure within Saudi Arabia."
Obaida attended the same high school, the Al Shifa Religious Academy, as "Eisa Al-Awsham, a former Al Qaeda commander." Eisa Al-Awsham was killed in a shootout with Saudi security officials on July 19 2004.
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
n journalist notable because he was named on a Saudi list of most wanted suspected terrorists.
Obaida Attended Imam Mohamed Bin Saud University in the late 1990s, where he earned a degree in media. After graduation he started working at Saudi Al-Jazirah. His former boss, Abdul-Elahi Al Qasim stated he was one of the first Saudi journalists to include his email address in his byline. He stated that Obaida had shown no signs of extremist ideology while with the paper.
Obaida left Saudi Arabia for the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
in 2005.
The most wanted list was published in late January of 2009, and includes 85 names. Obaida's is the fiftieth name on the list. His listing accused him of "planning to target vital infrastructure within Saudi Arabia."
Obaida attended the same high school, the Al Shifa Religious Academy, as "Eisa Al-Awsham, a former Al Qaeda commander." Eisa Al-Awsham was killed in a shootout with Saudi security officials on July 19 2004.