Much, Much Appreciation, Saudi Arabia...

Seismic Anamoly · Joined: 22 Aug 2002 Posts: 3039

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LONDON (Reuters) - Families of victims killed by Muslim militants who surrender to Saudi Arabian authorities could decide if they will be executed, Riyadh's envoy to London said in an interview to be aired on Sunday.

This week Saudi Arabia gave militants a final chance to surrender under a one-month amnesty after authorities killed an al Qaeda leader in the oil-rich kingdom.

"The state will drop its claim on these individuals if they give themselves in, but the private claims of the families of those who were killed or who were assaulted or who were wounded will remain for them to decide and not for the state," Turki al-Faisal said, according to a transcript released ahead of broadcast.

Asked by interviewer Jonathan Dimbleby on Britain's ITV television if the families of Westerners killed could demand militants faced the death penalty, Faisal said: "It is up to them. They will decide."

www.reuters.com/newsArtic...ID=5521795

If it were MY relative, I'd also ask to DO the Honors.