Iran extradites al-Qaeda suspects to S Arabia

Ulhas Joglekar uvj at vsnl.com
Tue Aug 13 18:59:36 PDT 2002


The Times of India

Iran extradites al-Qaeda suspects to S Arabia

AFP TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2002

TEHRAN: Iran confirmed today the extradition to Saudi Arabia of 16 Saudi nationals suspected of membership in al-Qaeda, as Iranian President Mohammad Khatami arrived in Kabul for talks with Afghan officials.

"We have handed over to Saudi Arabia 16 members of al-Qaeda," foreign ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Assafi told the newspaper Hayat-e-no.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=18958303



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