Saud Hamoud 'Abid al-Qatini al-'Otaibi (1971 – April 3, 2005) was a senior member of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia. Al-Otaibi was responsible for bombings, including the attack on Al-Mohaya housing compound in

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the R ...

in 2003, Al-Otaibi was also involved in taking booby-trapped vehicles from Qasim to Riyadh, carrying out attacks on security officers and smuggling weapons into the Kingdom.

Life

According to

Asharq Al-Awsat ''Asharq Al-Awsat'' ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, Aš-Šarq al-ʾAwsaṭ, meaning "The Middle East") is an Arabic international newspaper headquartered in London. A pioneer of the "off-shore" model in the Arabic press, the paper is often noted f ...

newspaper that A-Qatini was born in the capital city in 1971, According to

that he traveled to Yemen to visit sheik Muqbil bin Haadi al-Waadi'ee, and he was an extreme adherent of Islamic sharia (Islamic law). He was married and had 7 sons.Al-Awsat News''
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Joining Al-Qaeda

Sometimes in the late 80s’ or early 90s’ Saud Al-Otaibi traveled to Afghanistan, apparently to work with an Islamic Charity there, he had a personal relationship with

Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin Abdel Aziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin Al-Muqrin (; ar, عبد العزيز عيسى عبد المحسن المقرن; also ''Abd al-Aziz al-Moqrin'' and other transliterations), alias Abu Hajr (ابو هاجر) and Abu Hazim, (1971–2004), was the leader ...

before

September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercia ...

, Saud had been captured by the Saudi security forces more than once since 1991 to 2002.

Death

Al-Qatini was killed in a 3-day battle with Saudi security forces in Ar Rass on April 3, 2005, alongside

Karim el-Mejjati Karim Thami el-MejjatiLe MondeUn Franco-Marocain suspecte dans les attentats de Casablanca et Madrid March 25, 2004 (October 30, 1967 – April 2005) was a Moroccan-French convicted terrorist who has been claimed to have aided the Riyadh compound ...

. The Interior Ministry confirmed the death of Saud Al-Otaibi on April 9, 2005.

References

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