ISLAMABAD: Osama bin Laden's youngest wife Amal Ahmed Al-Sadah, who was wounded in the US operation against her husband in Pakistan's Abbottabad town on May 2, will return to her homeland, Yemen, within days, according to media reports.
Al-Sadah, 29, was detained by Pakistan's security forces along with ten children and two other wives of bin Laden, Khariah Sabar and Siham Sabar, in the compound an hour after her husband was killed by US Navy SEALs. Sadah was wounded in the operation when she tried to cover her husband.
She along with Khariah and Siham are believed to have been questioned by US intelligence officials. Newspapers reports in Yemen and Saudi Arabia said that arrangements have been finalized between Pakistani and Yemeni diplomats for the return of Sadah and her 12-year daughter, Safiya. Safiya was also injured in the raid against her father.
The Yemen Times reported that Yemeni diplomats in Islamabad told Sadah's brother, Zakaria al-Sadah, that his sister would arrive in the coming days after the completion of legal formalities.
Sadah was married to bin Laden in 2000 when she was 17 years old. Her family said that they had not seen her since then and the only communication with her was only through the couriers. After bin Laden's killing, Sadah's cousin, Waleed Hashem Abdel-Fatah al-Sadah, told media that her family sent relatives to Afghanistan when she gave birth to a daughter and they spent a month with her.
On the final day of the visit, Waleed said, bin Laden told Sadah that she could return home with her family. "I want to be martyred with you and I won't leave as long as you're alive," the cousin recalled her saying. Sadah is believed to have told Pakistani and US interrogators that her family was living in Abbottabad for five years. She had also said that before moving to Abbottabad, they spent some time in Haripur town, about 25 km from Islamabad.
Bin Laden's two other wives of Saudi origin, Khariah Sabar and Siham Sabar, were also held at the compound by Pakistani authorities after the US operation. Both were born in Bin Laden's home town of Jeddah. Khairiah was married to the al Qaeda chief in 1985 while Siham was married in 1987
Al-Sadah, 29, was detained by Pakistan's security forces along with ten children and two other wives of bin Laden, Khariah Sabar and Siham Sabar, in the compound an hour after her husband was killed by US Navy SEALs. Sadah was wounded in the operation when she tried to cover her husband.
She along with Khariah and Siham are believed to have been questioned by US intelligence officials. Newspapers reports in Yemen and Saudi Arabia said that arrangements have been finalized between Pakistani and Yemeni diplomats for the return of Sadah and her 12-year daughter, Safiya. Safiya was also injured in the raid against her father.
The Yemen Times reported that Yemeni diplomats in Islamabad told Sadah's brother, Zakaria al-Sadah, that his sister would arrive in the coming days after the completion of legal formalities.
Sadah was married to bin Laden in 2000 when she was 17 years old. Her family said that they had not seen her since then and the only communication with her was only through the couriers. After bin Laden's killing, Sadah's cousin, Waleed Hashem Abdel-Fatah al-Sadah, told media that her family sent relatives to Afghanistan when she gave birth to a daughter and they spent a month with her.
On the final day of the visit, Waleed said, bin Laden told Sadah that she could return home with her family. "I want to be martyred with you and I won't leave as long as you're alive," the cousin recalled her saying. Sadah is believed to have told Pakistani and US interrogators that her family was living in Abbottabad for five years. She had also said that before moving to Abbottabad, they spent some time in Haripur town, about 25 km from Islamabad.
Bin Laden's two other wives of Saudi origin, Khariah Sabar and Siham Sabar, were also held at the compound by Pakistani authorities after the US operation. Both were born in Bin Laden's home town of Jeddah. Khairiah was married to the al Qaeda chief in 1985 while Siham was married in 1987
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