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Two relatives to defend Madam Al-Qaeda in courtBy MUHAMMAD AL-SULAMI | ARAB NEWS
Published: Jul 31, 2011 22:44 Updated: Jul 31, 2011 22:44
JEDDAH: The Criminal Court in Jeddah has started hearing the case of Haila Al-Qusayyer, a 47-year-old alleged terror financier referred to by fellow militants as Madam Al-Qaeda and Umm Al-Rabab.
The prosecution has accused Al-Qusayyer of joining Al-Qaeda, harboring wanted criminals and recruiting members for Al-Qaeda. She was also accused of financing terrorist activities, carrying weapons to be used in terrorist activities and joining the fight in troubled areas. She is charged with forging identifications for those who wanted to travel abroad to join terrorist organizations.
The court heard the charges filed against Al-Qusayyer, who was with a number of her relatives. Al-Qusayyer appointed two of her family members to defend her.
The judge gave them until after Ramadan to respond to the list of charges filed against her. The judge also agreed to allow her relatives to attend the upcoming court sessions. The judge approved the request of one of her relatives to prevent the media from attending court sessions due to the sensitivity of the case.
Al-Qusayyer had been married to two Al-Qaeda militants Abdul Kareem Al-Homaid and Muhammad Suleiman Al-Wakeel.
Al-Wakeel was killed in a security operation following a botched attempt against an Interior Ministry building in 2004. Second in command of Al-Qaeda in Yemen Saeed Al-Shehri reportedly threatened to make several attacks and kidnaps in order to force the authorities to release Al-Qusayyer, who was captured by Saudi forces from the house of another wanted militant in Al-Khobaitiah district of Buraidah, Qassim province.
Al-Qusayyers main task was to allegedly collect money from the organization and to market their ideology.
Sources revealed that Al-Qusayyer allegedly transferred $650,000 to the terrorists. Al-Qusayyer is believed to have also collected money for Al-Qaeda in Yemen by claiming that she was collecting funds to build mosques and take care of orphans.
The same sources revealed that Al-Qusayyer was allegedly in charge of leading more than 60 people accused of terrorist activities, in addition to providing safe housing for them.
She also allegedly played an important role in facilitating the escape of Wafa Al-Shehri to Yemen.
Wafa is another notable Saudi woman terrorist married to Saeed Al-Shehri.
Her association with Al-Qaeda is believed to have started with her marriage to Abdul Rahman Al-Ghamdi, who was killed in a clash with police in Taif in 2004. Later, Wafa married former Guantanamo detainee Al-Shehri after fleeing to Yemen.
Saeed Al-Shehri, who planned to make Al-Qusayyer his second wife, sent two militants, Yusuf Al-Shehri and Raed Al-Harbi, from Yemen to Buraidah to smuggle her to Yemen in October 2009. Both militants died at a fight at a checkpoint in Jazan.
Al-Qusayyer was not the only woman allegedly involved in terrorist activities. In the past, the tasks of women terrorists were confined to assisting in logistic matters such as helping wanted militants travel without attracting police attention in addition to offering moral support to them. Al-Qaeda started recruiting women in the Kingdom in 2004. The first known female terrorist was the wife of the Kingdoms Al-Qaeda chief Saleh Al-Oufi, who was killed in 2005.
Wives of militants often accompany their husbands and help them go underground. Al-Oufi's wife hid his three children in a relative's house in Madinah after he was named in the ministrys list of wanted men published in 2003. She was caught in July 2004 when police raided a house in King Fahd district in Riyadh. Militants Isa bin Saud Al-Oushi and Muejib Abu Ras Al-Dossary were killed in a police encounter in which three others were injured.
Al-Oufi's wife and three children were released by order of Interior Minister Prince Naif and sent to her brother before her husband was killed in a confrontation in 2005.
Another woman was Bint Najd, media chief of Al-Qaeda in the Kingdom. She operated more than 800 online forums and blogs to promote the extremist ideology and carried pseudonyms such as Al-Asad Al-Muhajir (The Migrant Lion), Al-Ghariba (The Exotic), Bint Najd Al-Habibah (Najd's Beloved Daughter) and Al-Najm Al-Satie (The Glowing Star).
She uploaded audio and video recordings and official statements of Al-Qaeda onto these extremist websites.
© 2010 Arab News
Published: Jul 31, 2011 22:44 Updated: Jul 31, 2011 22:44
JEDDAH: The Criminal Court in Jeddah has started hearing the case of Haila Al-Qusayyer, a 47-year-old alleged terror financier referred to by fellow militants as Madam Al-Qaeda and Umm Al-Rabab.
The prosecution has accused Al-Qusayyer of joining Al-Qaeda, harboring wanted criminals and recruiting members for Al-Qaeda. She was also accused of financing terrorist activities, carrying weapons to be used in terrorist activities and joining the fight in troubled areas. She is charged with forging identifications for those who wanted to travel abroad to join terrorist organizations.
The court heard the charges filed against Al-Qusayyer, who was with a number of her relatives. Al-Qusayyer appointed two of her family members to defend her.
The judge gave them until after Ramadan to respond to the list of charges filed against her. The judge also agreed to allow her relatives to attend the upcoming court sessions. The judge approved the request of one of her relatives to prevent the media from attending court sessions due to the sensitivity of the case.
Al-Qusayyer had been married to two Al-Qaeda militants Abdul Kareem Al-Homaid and Muhammad Suleiman Al-Wakeel.
Al-Wakeel was killed in a security operation following a botched attempt against an Interior Ministry building in 2004. Second in command of Al-Qaeda in Yemen Saeed Al-Shehri reportedly threatened to make several attacks and kidnaps in order to force the authorities to release Al-Qusayyer, who was captured by Saudi forces from the house of another wanted militant in Al-Khobaitiah district of Buraidah, Qassim province.
Al-Qusayyers main task was to allegedly collect money from the organization and to market their ideology.
Sources revealed that Al-Qusayyer allegedly transferred $650,000 to the terrorists. Al-Qusayyer is believed to have also collected money for Al-Qaeda in Yemen by claiming that she was collecting funds to build mosques and take care of orphans.
The same sources revealed that Al-Qusayyer was allegedly in charge of leading more than 60 people accused of terrorist activities, in addition to providing safe housing for them.
She also allegedly played an important role in facilitating the escape of Wafa Al-Shehri to Yemen.
Wafa is another notable Saudi woman terrorist married to Saeed Al-Shehri.
Her association with Al-Qaeda is believed to have started with her marriage to Abdul Rahman Al-Ghamdi, who was killed in a clash with police in Taif in 2004. Later, Wafa married former Guantanamo detainee Al-Shehri after fleeing to Yemen.
Saeed Al-Shehri, who planned to make Al-Qusayyer his second wife, sent two militants, Yusuf Al-Shehri and Raed Al-Harbi, from Yemen to Buraidah to smuggle her to Yemen in October 2009. Both militants died at a fight at a checkpoint in Jazan.
Al-Qusayyer was not the only woman allegedly involved in terrorist activities. In the past, the tasks of women terrorists were confined to assisting in logistic matters such as helping wanted militants travel without attracting police attention in addition to offering moral support to them. Al-Qaeda started recruiting women in the Kingdom in 2004. The first known female terrorist was the wife of the Kingdoms Al-Qaeda chief Saleh Al-Oufi, who was killed in 2005.
Wives of militants often accompany their husbands and help them go underground. Al-Oufi's wife hid his three children in a relative's house in Madinah after he was named in the ministrys list of wanted men published in 2003. She was caught in July 2004 when police raided a house in King Fahd district in Riyadh. Militants Isa bin Saud Al-Oushi and Muejib Abu Ras Al-Dossary were killed in a police encounter in which three others were injured.
Al-Oufi's wife and three children were released by order of Interior Minister Prince Naif and sent to her brother before her husband was killed in a confrontation in 2005.
Another woman was Bint Najd, media chief of Al-Qaeda in the Kingdom. She operated more than 800 online forums and blogs to promote the extremist ideology and carried pseudonyms such as Al-Asad Al-Muhajir (The Migrant Lion), Al-Ghariba (The Exotic), Bint Najd Al-Habibah (Najd's Beloved Daughter) and Al-Najm Al-Satie (The Glowing Star).
She uploaded audio and video recordings and official statements of Al-Qaeda onto these extremist websites.
© 2010 Arab News
