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AlQaeda leader was a US prisoner before being killed: Ahmadinejad Father of bin Laden’s wife rebuffed union at first SANAA, May 16, (Agencies): Thewife, nothing more, and she had no rela- Many of those who trained in alwealthy family in Saudi Arabia,” he him he was a prisoner held by them,” theLaden’s death, saying there were “ambigu- Yemeni father of Osama bin Laden’stion to the al Qaeda organisation. I amQaeda’s camps in Afghanistan before the added. hardline president said in a live interview ities” over the way he was killed. youngest wife, wounded in a US raid thatconfident of her innocence,” he toldSept. 11 attacks came from Yemen. He later relented because his daughter on Iranian state television. The Americans “said they threw his killed the al Qaeda leader, said he initiallyReuters in an interview in his modest one-Saada said his daughter came into con- backed the idea: “She stuck to her view “Please pay attention. This is important. body in the sea. Why did they not allow an and told me she wanted to marry him, and rebuffed a matchmaker’s proposal that hisstorey home in the Yemeni capital Sanaa,tact with bin Laden’s circle as a teenagerHe was held by them for sometime. They independent expert to examine the body to I have not imposed a husband on any of daughter marry bin Laden, before blessingadding that he would like to see herattending an Islamic religious schoolmade him sick and while he was sick they say if it was bin Laden or not?” Vahidi my daughters. So I agreed.” their union.returned home from Pakistan.where she was a student of the wife ofkilled him,” Ahmadinejad added. Saada said he had never met bin Laden said. Ahmed Abdul-Fattah al-Saada said they“We are not in favour of bin Laden’sRashad Mohammed Saeed, whom heHe accused US President Barack in person and that his daughter travelled to Shiite Iran has always considered al- were married in 1999, well before the actions and the al Qaeda organisation. Wedescribed as an aide to the militant leader.Obama for announcing the al-Qaeda Afghanistan for the wedding ceremony Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the Unitedbelieve in coexistence between people.” He said he did not receive any money leader’s death for “political gain.” Qaeda as a Sunni ultra-radical and anti- accompanied by her sister and brother-in- States, and that all he knew about binYemen, bin Laden’s ancestral home-from Saudi-born bin Laden for the mar-“What the US president has done is forShiite threat to its security. law, who had fought there, and her teacher. Laden’s politics then was that he hadland, is home to an active regional arm ofriage. domesticpolitical gain. In other words, But the Islamic republic has regularly backed insurgents fighting Soviet forces inal Qaeda that claimed responsibility for a“Rashad asked his wife to nominate a Prisoner they killed him for Mr Obama’s election criticised the presence of US-led Western Afghanistan. foiled2009 attempt to blow up a US-girl to marry bin Laden because he wantedand now they are seeking to replace him Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden forces in Afghanistan, saying it prevented Saada told Reuters it took severalbound plane. It was also blamed for bombsa Yemeni wife. The teacher selected mywith someone else,” Ahmadinejad said was a prisoner in US custody for “some- any negotiated settlement of the Afghan requests before he allowed his daughterfound in cargo en route to the US in 2010.daughter,” he said, adding that the man ini-without elaborating. time” before he was killed by the conflict. Amal, one of 17 children, to travel toMilitants bombed the US Navy warshiptially told him a Pakistani businessmanBin Laden was shot dead on May 2 in a American military, Iranian President Tehran also regularly denounces the Afghanistan to marry bin Laden when sheCole in the port of Aden in 2000. Twowanted his daughter’s hand. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday. US commando raid on a heavily fortified presence of US forces in Arab states of the was 18 years old and he was in his early years later an al Qaeda attack damaged the“I refused at first and insisted on know- “I have exact information that bin compound near Islamabad, Pakistan. Gulf, calling it a source of regional ten- 40s. Frenchsupertanker Limburg in the Gulf of ing who this person was. After that they Laden was held by the American military On May 4, Iranian Defence Minister “My daughter was Osama bin Laden’sAden. saidthat he was Osama bin Laden, from afor sometime... until the day they killedAhmad Vahidi too had cast doubt on binsion. true that an attempt was made to smugglefor a trial to proceed, will meet sometime Nakba ends in the next three days. explosives into the port, it is a serious security threat, and rued that the ministry Grand juries are secret proceedings in Continued from Page 1 which the prosecutor will aim to con- has not clarified whether it was a training exercise or a real incident. vince the 16 to 23 members of the panel to settle regional and international scores. that there are reasonable grounds to The most painful part for the Palestinians believe a crime was committed. It is not Legal pain was the transformation of their land into the grand jury’s role to determine a venue for countries to compete for trade whether the IMF chief is guilty, but sim- and slogans. Continued from Page 1 ply whether there is enough evidence for Syria’s inability to implement internal the case to go forward. head, who should enter the Civil ID num- reform to provoke Israel, which has not ■In Strass-Kahn’s case, if the alleged ber, mobile phone and email of all family engaged Syria in a fight over the border victim testifies, the grand jury is certain members, including the domestic work- since 1974 or even protest, similar to to move towards an indictment, ers. Sources said an email will be sent or what happened a few days ago, was a explained Randolph Jonakait, a professor SMS containing a secret number that will misplaced priority. For the last few at New York Law School. be used for entering additional informa- decades, the Syrian government has been ■Neither Strauss-Kahn nor his attorney tion. hiding under war support and imagined would be there unless Strauss-Kahn The administration called on citizens strategic stability, while spending the wanted to testify. If they were to appear, and expatriates to take advantage of the national wealth in favor of a few from the said Jonakait, Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer extension, which will end on May 21, and ruling family. would not be allowed to participate in the they can also call hotline number 106 for Is the blood of Palestinians and some proceeding or call any witnesses. further details. It also warned that anyone Arabs so cheap for certain governments ■In most cases the grand jury follows who will not cooperate in this process to use as propaganda? Did the indictment the recommendation of the prosecutors, will face legal consequences, adding that of Hezbollah on the so-called “Jewish and then reports its decision to a judge, the information will be dealt with utmost crime” exonerate the group, as well as the who is not part of the grand jury proceed- secrecy. The public can log on to Iranian and Syrian leaders from bearing www.kuwaitcensus.com to complete the ings. the responsibility for their botched procedure, sources said. ■At this point, the judge would call a adventure and drama that occurred on the second arraignment, and read out the Lebanese-Israeli border? Does this entail charges handed up by the grand jury. The the recurrence of the 2006 incident which destroyed Lebanon and claimed 1,200 Mass grave judge could change the bail conditions or continue to deny bail. Lebanese? After the incident, Hassan ■The prosecutor would be required to Nasrallah appeared on a satellite televi- Continued from Page 1 give certain evidence in its possession to sion station, saying he would not have trucks at the local hospital pending burial. Strauss-Kahn’s defense attorneys and taken such an action if he had only Libyan youths shout slogans while waving Palestinian flags during a demonstration in Benghazi’s Revolution Square on “I can see six tanks from where I am both sides would begin the process of known the magnitude of Israel’s reaction. May 15, in solidarity with Palestinians marking the ‘nakba’ or the ‘catastrophe’ of Israel’s creation in 1948. (AFP) right now,” said the man, who wished to collecting evidence, said Jonakait. Do the endless crises mean the adven- See Also Page 9 remain anonymous. ■The actual trial would begin anywhere ture-seekers will never learn from their “There are many more parked in front from three months to a year after that, previous experiences? They have been of the main bakery and the Othman ibn whether to accept or reject the prosecu-tions of this criminal act and prayed fororal sex on him and tried to remove her unless a plea agreement with the prosecu- dragging the Arab world into war to Affan mosque in the center of town,” he achieve personal goals that are not relat- tor’s application. Almighty Allah to protect the Kingdom pantyhose. The woman was able to break tors is reached. added, as gunfire rattled in the back- Protests against Gaddafi’s four-decade of Saudi Arabia and its people against free again, escaped the room and told If the case goes to trial, it would be ed to the Palestinian issues. They have ground. transformed revolutionary guns into mer- rule began on Feb 15 and Moreno- any act that jeopardizes their security and hotel staff what had happened, authorities heard by a judge at the New York Another witness earlier said that at cenary weapons in wars between Arabs, Ocampo said thousands of people had safety. said. Supreme Court, which is the state’s trial least 10 people had been killed on in addition to civil wars between govern- now been killed in the violence and HH Sheikh Nawaf also prayed for God Strauss-Kahn was gone by the time felony court. Sunday in Tall Kalakh with hundreds of ments and citizens, similar to the current around 750,000 people forced to flee. to bless the soul of Al-Qahtani. detectives arrived moments later. He left local residents fleeing, many of them to His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh situation in Libya where the group of British Foreign Secretary William his cell phone behind. Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al- Study finds nearby Lebanon. Ahmad Jibril has been fighting against Hague called on the international com- New York police discovered he was at Shelling and shooting was also report- Jaber Al-Sabah also sent a condolences the citizens. munity to “fully support” the ICC. John F. Kennedy International Airport ed in the nearby town of Arida, an activist cable in which he voiced Kuwait’s soli- and contacted officials at the Port “I welcome this announcement. The Continued from Page 1 told AFP. darity with the kingdom in its efforts to Authority of New York and New Jersey, human rights situation in western Libya effective tuberculosis drug in use since Dogs sniff Syrian television, meanwhile, reported which runs the airport. Port Authority and the behaviour of the Gaddafi regime wipe out all forms of terrorism. the 1950s. that two soldiers had been killed and 11 He also offered condolences to the police officers arrested him. remains of grave concern,” Hague said. The study results, presented at a med- injured by “gangsters” in Tall Kalakh at family and relatives of Al-Qahtani. The maid was taken by police to a hos- Continued from Page 1 Amnesty International welcomed the ical meeting on Monday, could mark a the weekend. The shooting, which a Saudi embassy pital and was treated for minor injuries. move by the ICC prosecutor but said that fourth-largest oil exporting country but major advance in preventing TB in coun- Security forces have sought to prevent official said occurred about 60 metres French viewers were stunned by the Syria too should be referred to court for investigations were still in progress. tries with low-to-medium incidence of the unrest from spreading across the (200 feet) from the consulate, came days weekend images of the handcuffed investigation of its iron-fisted crackdown Authorities carried out a security the highly infectious disease, according country by systematically laying siege to after unidentified attackers threw two Strauss-Kahn ducking stone-faced into a on peaceful protests. sweep at Shuaiba port, home to one of the to the CDC, which sponsored the study. towns and cities where anti-regime hand grenades at the consulate in police car. In France, public figures are country’s three crude oil refineries, after While many people believe TB to be a protests have been held. Bahrain Pakistan’s commercial hub. No one was usually shielded from view in such cir- the truck was stopped, one of the officials largely conquered disease of the past, More than 850 people, including hurt in that attack. Bahrain’s special security court on cumstances. said. The port is in the south of Kuwait there were more than 11,000 cases report- women and children, have been killed in Saudi Arabia, one of the United States’ Monday adjourned until next week the The chief of Sarkozy’s conservative city. edin the United States last year, and it the unrest and at least 8,000 arrested, most strategic allies, is the world biggest trial of 21 opposition leaders and political party, Jean-Francois Cope, said he told In 2009, Kuwait foiled an al-Qaeda- remains one of the world’s leading infec- according to rights groups. oil exporter and any signs that its securi- activists, mostly Shiites, accused of plot- the president that he asked fellow party linked plan to bomb a US Army camp tious killers, according to the CDC. Syria has blamed the violence on ty is threatened could move global oil ting against the state. members to “proceed with caution and and other facilities in the country, includ- The 10-year study included more than “armed terrorist gangs” backed by prices. The suspects — 14 in custody and the restraint” in their comments, and Sarkozy ing the state security building. 8,000 patients with latent TB infection, Islamists and foreign agitators. others charged in absentia — are accused supported the idea. Kuwait, the launch pad for the 2003 meaning they have the tuberculosis bac- Hundreds of those arrested were IMF chief of attempting to overthrow the 200-year- “I was, like all Frenchmen, very dis- US-led war on Iraq which ousted Iraqi teria in their bodies but no symptoms and released on Sunday after signing pledges old Sunni dynasty and of having links to turbed by the news, very disturbed by the leader Saddam Hussein, remains a logis- are not contagious. More than 11 million not to take part in further protests, said “a terrorist organization abroad.” That is images that I saw,” including of Strauss- tics base for the US Army to support its Americans are positive for latent TB, the Rami Abdul-Rahman, director of the Continued from Page 1 an apparent reference to Iranian-backed Kahn handcuffed in New York, he said, troops in Iraq. CDC said, with Asians, other minorities Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Hezbollah in Lebanon, which Bahrain’s Strauss-Kahn would likely try to escape adding that there was a principle of pre- Guards manning the gates of the and foreign-born individuals dispropor- “Several of them said they had been rulers have claimed was involved in the prosecution by fleeing to France, which sumed innocence. Shuaiba Port Thursday are said to have tionately affected. tortured,” he said, adding that thousands strategic island kingdom’s Shiite-led has no extradition agreement with the In addition to the allegations involving Between 5 percent and 10 percent of also seized the vehicle carrying the of people remained jailed and more protests earlier this year. Authorities are United States. the hotel maid, Environment Minister people with latent TB develop the dis- explosives. arrests were taking place. Assistant District Attorney John Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet lamented seeking to prosecute opposition leaders ease. Those with a weakened immune The same sources said competent The United States and European Union McConnell likened the case to that of that there is a “clear victim, which is and others after months of clashes and system are particularly susceptible. authorities are investigating to find out have responded to the unrest in Syria by Roman Polanski, the Polish-French film France.” protests in Bahrain, which hosts the US who is behind attempts to cause harm to See Also Pages 31 & 32 imposing sanctions on members of director who “lived openly and notori- Navy’s 5th Fleet. the country. Charge sheet Assad’s inner circle but stopped short of ously in France” despite facing long- The 21 accused are being tried in a spe- The sources added the Interior targeting him personally. The counts include two of committing standing sexual abuse charges in the Ministry operatives had earlier received Newswatch cial security court set up under martial There are fears that should Assad’s a criminal sexual act, one of attempted United States. law. Last month, the court sentenced four information that a pickup truck driven by regime fall, that would have serious ram- rape, one of unlawful imprisonment, two Prosecutors described how the victim people to death for killing two policemen an Asian man and rented by the Ministry ifications for the region and could lead to of sexual abuse and one of forcible touch- Continued from Page 1 “made outcries to multiple witnesses during the unrest. of Electricity had been stopped after snif- civil war. ing. Among those on trial are Hassan KOLKATA, India: immediately after the incident” and Police say at least 12 fer dogs started barking particularly near At least 15 Syrian tanks pushed Herewith is the statement in the charge underwent a “full sexual assault examina- passengers were killed when a speeding bus the rear of the vehicle. Mushaima, the leader of Al Haq move- overnight into a rural area near the sheet against Strauss-Kahn testified to by tion” in hospital. flipped as the driver swerved to avoid a The daily added the securitymen sub- ment. He was among the first opposition Lebanese border, where security forces Detective Steven Lane of the Manhattan “Preliminary indications are that there cyclist on a road in eastern India. jected the pickup truck to checks two leaders arrested after emergency rule was have concentrated their latest crackdown Special Victims Squad after taking evi- Pranab Kumar, a senior local police may be forensic evidence that may sup- more times using different sniffer dogs declared in March to quell weeks of anti- against pro-democracy demonstrations, dence from a 32-year-old chambermaid: official, said 40 other people were injured port” the allegations, McConnell said. and each time the barking of the dogs government protests. human rights activists said. “The defendant engaged in oral sexual Monday morning in Bankura district in The defense argued Strauss-Kahn did convinced the guards that there was The activists, who were in contact with conduct and anal sexual conduct with West Bengal. The injured driver was hospi- not flee the scene as alleged but was sim- something hidden in the wagon. talized. (AP) residents, said the tanks deployed around another person by forcible compulsion; When a specialized security unit was Gunmen kill ply rushing to have lunch with a witness Arida, near the Jisr al-Qomar border the defendant attempted to engage in sex- ❑❑ ❑ who will testify for him. dispatched to the scene, experts found the crossing point with northern Lebanon. ual intercourse with another person by “When I hear your client was at JFK MIRANSHAH, Pakistan: AUSdrone explosives. Witnesses on the Lebanese side of the Continued from Page 1 airport about to board a flight, that raises forcible compulsion; the defendant sub- attack on a compound in Pakistan’s lawless The sources added the interrogations jected another person to sexual contact by border told Reuters they could hear the “We condemn this attack. No one whosome concerns,” Jackson said, as she tribal belt on Monday killed four militants, are continuing. forcible compulsion; the defendant sound of gunfire throughout the night. carries out this kind of attack can be a turned down bail. local security officials said. However, the Al-Seyassah daily said Syrians fleeing their homeland Muslim,” the Saudi ambassador, AbdulSeparately, a 31-year-old French writer restrained another person; the defendant The attack took place inMir Alitown, according to the Asian driver he was described a “catastrophic” scene Monday Aziz al-Ghadeer, told Reuters. Four bul-said she would be making a complaint subjected another person to sexual con- some 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of transporting chemical material and in a besieged border town that has been lets were fired and one struck the diplo- alleging Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted tact without the latter’s consent; and in Miranshah, a stronghold of Taleban and al- showed permission from the concerned largely sealed off as the army tries to mat in the head, said senior Karachiher in 2002. that the defendant intentionally, and for Qaeda linked militants and the main town in authorities. North Waziristan tribal district beside the crush a two-month uprising. police official Iqbal Mehmood. Tristane Banon previously made the no legitimate purpose, forcibly touched Meanwhile, the undersecretary at the the sexual and intimate parts of another Afghanborder. (AFP) The Saudi state news agency named allegation against Strauss-Kahn in 2007 Libya Ministry of Interior, Lt General Ghazi Al- person for the purpose of degrading and ❑ ❑❑ the diplomat as Hassan al-Qahtani andon television, but she had not lodged a Omar, said security authorities are inves- The International Criminal Court’s abusing such person, and for the purpose described his killing as a “criminal formal complaint with authorities. UNITED NATIONS: GermanAmbassador tigating the Shuaiba Port incident, but prosecution applied Monday for a war- of gratifying the defendant’s sexual attack”. It said Saudi officials would A formerfinance minister, Strauss- Peter Wittigsays thatOsama Bin Laden’s refused to give any details, saying the rant for Muammar Gaddafi’s arrest for investigate the shooting alongside theKahn had been expected to throw his hat desire. recent death constitutes a “turning point,” truth will be revealed after all investiga- crimes against humanity, a day after the Pakistani authorities. into the ring for the 2012 French election, “The offenses were committed under but international sanctions are still needed tions are completed. Libyan strongman’s regime offered a challenging President Nicolas Sarkozy, the following circumstances: to counter actions of groups linked to his al- Condolences Al-Omar was asked about the incident truce in return for a halt to NATO-led air and had been topping polls for the presi- “Deponant states that deponant is Qaeda network. during a graduation ceremony at Saad strikes. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah dency. informedby an individual known to the Speaking Monday as the chairman of the Abdullah Academy for Security NATO-led aircraft meanwhile Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent News of his arrest threw the Socialist District Attorney’s Office that defendant Security Council’s sanctions committee on Sciences, but he refused to comment launched fresh raids on an outlying sub- Monday a condolence cable to Saudi party into disarray, and could prove a 1) shut the door to the above location people and groups associated with Bin pending investigations. urb of the capital Tripoli, destroying a King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud boost for Sarkozy, who is also facing a and prevented information from leaving Laden, al-Qaeda and the Taleban, Wittig Some sources said securitymen raided radar base, the state news agency JANA over the assassination of Hassan Al- says that assets freezes, travel bans and sim- challenge from Marine Le Pen, leader of the above location; a labor camp in Mahboula and arrested and residents said. Qahtani. ilar measures remain “essential” in the face the far-right National Front. 2) grabbed informant’s breasts without two Egyptians and an Asian who were in ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno- In his cable, HH the Amir voiced of terrorism’s continued threat to interna- consent; Maid the pick-up truck that night and had tried Ocampo said warrants were also sought Kuwait’s condemnation of this terrorist tional peace and security. (AP) 3) attempted to pull down informant’s to enter the port. Securitymen seized lap- for one of Gaddafi’s sons, Seif al-Islam, act which contradicts all Islamic and The 32-year-old maid told authorities ❑❑ ❑ pantyhose and forcibly grabbed infor- tops from their possession and sent them and intelligence head Abdullah Senussi human values.that when she entered his spacious, mant’s vaginal area; SHARM ELSHEIKH, Egypt: Egypt’s to authorities to look into data stored in for crimes against humanity. He also expressed Kuwait’s solidarity$3,000-a-night suite early Saturday after- 4) forcibly made contact with his penis news agency say the wife of deposed them. “Today, the office of the prosecutor with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and noon, she thought it was unoccupied. and informant’s mouth twice and; PresidentHosni Mubarakhas turned over Other sources said it was just a training requested the International Criminal support to all the measures it takes toInstead, Strauss-Kahn emerged from the 5) was able to accomplish the above her property and funds to the state. exercise conducted to check whether Court arrest warrants,” Moreno-Ocampo counter such terrorist acts.bathroom naked, chased her down a hall- acts by using actual physical force.” Mubarak and his wife,Suzannehave police dogs can find explosives. These told a news conference in The Hague, HH the Amir offered condolences to way and pulled her into a bedroom, been questioned about their financial deal- Process kind of exercises were taking place in where the court is based. Qahtani’s family and relatives.where he sexually assaulted her, New ings. Some estimates put Mubarak’s hold- another GCC country since the last two The Argentine prosecutor said there His Highness the Crown Prince SheikhYork Police Department spokesman Paul Here are the next steps in Strauss- ings in the tens of billions of dollars. months to check the capacity of police was evidence “that Muammar Gaddafi Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah also J. Browne said. Kahn’s legal journey since his arrest on Suzanne Mubarak, 70, has been hospital- dogs to sniff explosive materials, they personally ordered attacks on innocent sent a similar cable.The woman told police she fought him Saturday: ized following an order to detain her. Mubarak, 83, who was deposed Feb. 11, is added. Libyan civilians”. Inhis cable, HH Crown Princeoff, but then he dragged her into the bath- ■jury, whose function is toA grand also in the hospital. (AP) Other sources, however, said if it is A panel of ICC judges will now decide expressed Kuwait’s strong condemna- room, where he forced her to perform decide whether there is enough evidence