Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Osama bin Laden Wife to Leave Pakistan for Yemen

THE GUARDIAN: Amal Ahmed al-Sadah, 29, expected to return home after being held by security services since US raid on compound

Osama bin Laden's youngest wife is expected to leave Pakistan for her homeland, Yemen, within days.

Amal Ahmed al-Sadah, 29, has been held by security services since US special forces killed Bin Laden, whom she married in 1999.

Sadah was wounded in the operation and detained by Pakistani authorities in the compound in the northern garrison town of Abbottabad where her husband was hiding. She is believed to have been questioned by US intelligence services.

Reports in newspapers in the Yemen and Saudi Arabia, confirmed by officials in Riyadh, indicate that arrangements have been finalised between Yemeni and Pakistani diplomats for the return of Sadah and her 12-year-old daughter, Safiya, who was also injured in the raid. » | Jason Burke in Riyadh | Wednesday, June 22, 2011