Saudi Arabia grants asylum to senior member of al Qaeda

Sources: Al Qaeda chief surrenders

By CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- The most senior member of al Qaeda so far has turned himself in to Saudi authorities, Saudi sources say.

Othman Al-Omari, number 19 on Saudi Arabia's most wanted list of 26, has
accepted the government's offer of amnesty, according to Saudi sources
Monday.

Al-Omari, who turned himself in on Sunday night, was a business partner of
Shaban Al Shihri -- the first al Qaeda member to accept the amnesty when
he turned himself in Friday.

Al-Omari and Al Shihri shared a vegetable stall in a market in Medina. Al
Shihri, according to sources, was in part responsible for persuading Al
Omari to turn himself in.

Sources said the most wanted list of 26 is not arranged in order of
importance.

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> Sources: Al Qaeda chief surrenders
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> By CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson
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> RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- The most senior member of al Qaeda so far
has turned himself in to Saudi authorities, Saudi sources say.
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> Othman Al-Omari, number 19 on Saudi Arabia's most wanted list of 26, has
> accepted the government's offer of amnesty, according to Saudi sources
> Monday.
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> Al-Omari, who turned himself in on Sunday night, was a business partner of
> Shaban Al Shihri -- the first al Qaeda member to accept the amnesty when
> he turned himself in Friday.
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> Al-Omari and Al Shihri shared a vegetable stall in a market in Medina. Al
> Shihri, according to sources, was in part responsible for persuading Al
> Omari to turn himself in.
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> Sources said the most wanted list of 26 is not arranged in order of
> importance.
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