Thursday, July 10, 2008

Sheikh Hamad frees Saudi who joined coup plot

Qatar has freed a Saudi sentenced to death for involvement in an attempted coup d'etat in 1996, the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Wednesday. Pardoned by Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani after spending nearly 12 years in prison, Wabran al-Yami was released and returned home on Tuesday.

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