The brother of suspected al-Qaida leader in Saudi Arabia said the wanted terrorist survived wounds he suffered in clashes with police last month. Saudi daily Okaz quoted Hamid al-Oufy as saying Monday the family "has no information about the reported death of Saleh (al-Oufy)."
| "He was only partly dead" |
| I thought the Soddies said he was initially thought dead, but then thought wounded? Was he subsequently thought dead? And then subsequently to that thought wounded? Call us if anything happens, okay? |
Reports published on a Web site last Saturday said Saleh al-Oufy died from wounds sustained in a police raid on his Riyadh hideout July 21, during which police arrested his wife and three children.
| That was me, praying for sepsis... |
Al-Oufy is believed to have replaced Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin the self-proclaimed al-Qaida leader in Saudi Arabia. Al-Muqrin was killed by Saudi police after he decapitated American hostage Paul Johnson in June.
| And I'm not even sure about him. |
| At least they had pictures of his corpse — always assuming it was actually him, and not some guy named Herb... |
In the meantime, the leader of the al-Oufy tribe, Sheik Zeid bin Rashid al-Alawi, urged Saleh al-Oufy to surrender to the authorities "to put an end to the tragedy suffered by his family who fear his end will not differ from that of terror suspects who refused to repent."
| If you surrender the Saudis openly give you room and board. If you don't surrender they do it covertly. There's a difference, I think. |
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