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Saudi citizen denies to be on list of US planes high-jackers

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The Saudi citizen Abdul Aziz al-Omari whose name was stated by the office of the American Federal Investigation Bureau FBI in the list of the high- jackers of the 19 planes which carried out the attack in the USA said he was at his workplace in al-Riyadh when the explosions took place in New York and Washington on September 11.

Al-Omari explained in a statement to the London- based al-Sharq al-Awsat ( Middle East) on Monday that he had lost his passport in Denver ( Colorado ), the USA in 1995, adding that the information stated in the list concerning his name, and time of his birth, the day, month and the year are speaking himself.

He indicated that when the attacks took place in the US, he was at his work office in a telecommunication company in al-Riyadh.

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