Othman Hadi Al Maqboul al-Amri
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Othman Hadi Al Maqboul al-Amri (عثمان هادي آل مقبول العمري) is a citizen of Saudi Arabia
who Saudi Security officials suspected of ties to terrorism.
He was one of 26 suspects they placed on their Saudi list of most wanted suspected terrorists in December 2003.
He surrendered on June 28 2004, the second suspect to surrender, after King Fahd offered a partial amnesty.
He surrendered in Halba bani Amr.
Brian Whitaker of The Guardian
called him the first important surrender in response to the amnesty.
Whitaker speculated that al-Amri may have played a "logistics role" not an active role, in militancy.
The partial amnesty does not spare him a trial, or detention, if convicted, but it does spare him a death sentence.
According to albawaba Safar Al-Hawali
played a mediation role in negotating al Amri's surrender.
Al-Hawali said that he expected Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister Muhammad ibn Naif to call al Amri to meet him.
When he was captured al Amri said ""I surrendered of my own free will, having trusted the words of Crown Prince Abdullah." He called on other suspects to follow his example and surrender.
Al-Amri is from al-Namas Province.
He has been married twice, and has five children.
He served as a Sergeant in the Saudi army.
His family says he fell under suspicion when he disappeared in December 2002.
There was press speculation that al-Amri may have travelled to Iraq
, after the US invasion.
Brian Whitaker, of The Guardian
quoted from an interview al-Amri gave for documentary broadcast on Saudi TV, about al Haer prison, in December 2004.
al-Amri said about the prison officials, "I swear to God, they are nicer than our parents."
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...
who Saudi Security officials suspected of ties to terrorism.
He was one of 26 suspects they placed on their Saudi list of most wanted suspected terrorists in December 2003.
He surrendered on June 28 2004, the second suspect to surrender, after King Fahd offered a partial amnesty.
He surrendered in Halba bani Amr.
Brian Whitaker of The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
called him the first important surrender in response to the amnesty.
Whitaker speculated that al-Amri may have played a "logistics role" not an active role, in militancy.
The partial amnesty does not spare him a trial, or detention, if convicted, but it does spare him a death sentence.
According to albawaba Safar Al-Hawali
Safar Al-Hawali
Safar bin Abdul-Rahman al-Hawali is a Saudi Islamic scholar who lives in Mecca. His name is sometimes associated with either Osama bin Laden and terrorism.-Biography:...
played a mediation role in negotating al Amri's surrender.
Al-Hawali said that he expected Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister Muhammad ibn Naif to call al Amri to meet him.
When he was captured al Amri said ""I surrendered of my own free will, having trusted the words of Crown Prince Abdullah." He called on other suspects to follow his example and surrender.
Al-Amri is from al-Namas Province.
He has been married twice, and has five children.
He served as a Sergeant in the Saudi army.
His family says he fell under suspicion when he disappeared in December 2002.
There was press speculation that al-Amri may have travelled to Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, after the US invasion.
Brian Whitaker, of The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
quoted from an interview al-Amri gave for documentary broadcast on Saudi TV, about al Haer prison, in December 2004.
al-Amri said about the prison officials, "I swear to God, they are nicer than our parents."