Thamer Qamqoom Okaz/Saudi Gazette ARAR – Three Saudis believed to be in Iraqi jails do not appear in a list of 71 prisoners officially announced by the Iraqi authorities, informed sources told Okaz/Saudi Gazette. Fahd Khalaf Mufdhi Al-Haizan Al-Enezi from Al-Jouf and Majid Al-Bugami have been held in Matar Al-Mothana prison while Muhammad Al-Jawhari from Tabuk has been held in a Baghdad prison. The sources said the three Saudi prisoners have not been sentenced and have not included in the list issued a few months ago by the Iraqi authorities. Their arrests have not been announced either, the sources noted. Naif Khalaf Al-Enezi, Fahd's brother, said he learned about his brother's whereabouts through the International Committee of the Red Cross, which called him four months ago and told him that his brother was in Matar Al-Mothana prison. He also said that his brother left for Iraq seven years ago and had not called his family ever since. His family hopes that an extradition agreement will be signed between the Kingdom and Iraq and Fahd's name will be included in the extradition list. Dr. Muhammad Al-Obaidi, an official at the Iraqi Embassy in Riyadh, said he could neither confirm nor deny reports that there were some Saudis in Iraqi prisons whose arrests were not announced. “The list is not final. Some individuals might have been arrested after the list was prepared,” he added. He said the embassy received a letter from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs saying that a final list would be issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Justice and would be sent to the Saudi authorities through the Iraqi Embassy in Riyadh. Meanwhile, Faisal Abdullah Ahmad Al-Faraj, Saudi prisoner in Iraq, is suffering from serious health problems. Al-Faraj was sentenced to death initially, but his sentence was commuted to 15 years in prison on appeal. But later, he was asked to stand trial again and was sentenced to death. Two days ago, two other Saudi prisoners who were sentenced to death were sent for trial on other charges. The sources say they expect the court to hand Abdullah Azzam Al-Qahtani and Badar Oufan Al-Shammary the death penalty once again as the Iraqi law allows multiple death sentences.
