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Saudi court jails al-Qaida recruiters, bin Laden associate

By REUTERS

FEBRUARY 24, 2015 16:05

DUBAI - A Saudi court has jailed at least 13 men on counts including the recruitment of al-Qaida militants for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and sheltering Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, Saudi newspapers said on Tuesday.

Most of the 19 hijackers in the Sept. 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, and some of the victims' families are pursuing a lawsuit accusing Saudi Arabia of providing material support to al-Qaida, a charge which Riyadh denies.

The Arabic-language newspaper Asharq al-Awsat said one of the defendants confessed in court that he had met al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 attacks and helped him shelter at the home of a Saudi citizen living in Pakistan after he fled the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan.

The defendant was also an associate of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and planned other operations with him, according to al-Sharq al-Awsat.

A militant cell which the defendant founded contained two members who would go on to participate in the Sept. 11 attacks.

The al-Riyadh newspaper made no specific reference to the Sept. 11 attacks but reported that the specialized criminal court in Riyadh had handed down prison sentences to 13 defendants ranging from one to 23 years in jail.

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