2 May 2011

SAUDI ARABIA / TERRORISM REHAB

Khalid Al-Jhani was a one time a bomb-maker for Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. Now, after passing through a rehab programme in his own country, Saudi Arabia, he is leading an almost normal life. UNTV

Posted at: May 2, 2011 6:13 pm

Duration: 02:59

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STORY: SAUDI ARABIA / TERRORISM REHAB
TRT: 2.59
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 2 MAY 2011, NEW YORK CITY

SHOTLIST:

MARCH 2011, SAUDI ARABIA

1. Close up Jhani shopping
2. Med shot, Jhani walking
3. Med shot, Jhani shopping
4. Close up, holding bracelet
5. Close up, Jhani face
6. Wide shot, Jhani gets into vehicle
7. Med shot, Jhani in vehicle

FILE / AGHANISTAN, JIHADI VIDEO FROM WEBSITE

8. Various shots, Al Qaeda fighters training

ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE / UNTV / 2001 TORA BORA, AFGHANISTAN

9. Wide shot, B52 bomber
10. Wide shot, explosion
11. Wide shot, tank

FILE / AL QAEDA VIDEO FROM WEBSITE:

12. Wide shot, Osama Bin Laden walking in mountains
13. Various shots, Osama Bin

ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE / UNTV / 2002 GUANTANAMO

14. Wide shot, prison gate
15. Wide shot, prisoner in orange jump suit
16. Wide shot, prisoner in orange jump suit

17. SOUNDBITE KHALID AL-JHANI (English): 
"In 97 he was known for us as a fighter. But in 2001 he become as a president or something like leader of the world or something like that. "

ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE / UNTV / 2001 GROUND ZERO NEW YORK CITY
 
18. Wide shot, ground zero

MARCH 2011, SAUDI ARABIA

19. SOUNDBITE Khalid Al Jhani (ENGLISH):
"This is not right, this is not the war. We fight as a fighter, soldier. We don't accept that our civilian being killed by American or by anyone so why we accept that for the civilian? "

UNTV MARCH 2011, SAUDI REHAB CENTRE, RIYADH

20. Wide shot, classroom
21. Med shot, teacher
22. Wide shot, blackboard
23. Wide shot, religious instructor
24. Cutaway, Professor Hamed El-Said
25. Cutaway, Professor Hamed El-Said
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor El-Said:
"These individuals are looked at as our sons, that's what the Saudis tell you – despite what they committed, despite what they did."
27. Various shots, classroom

STORYLINE

Khalid Al-Jhani was at one time a bomb-maker for Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. After 9/11 he was captured and held in the American detention facility in Guantanamo for over four years, before returning to his home country, Saudi Arabia, where he passed through a rehabilitation programme for men involved with terror groups. Today he is monitored, but leads an almost normal life after the government helped him find a job, buy a house and get married.

Al-Jhani says he was not impressed by Bin Laden. He hid with Bin Laden in Tora Bora after 9/11 when American forces began bombing the region. He says that Bin Laden was cowardly to flee Tora Bora a day ahead of everyone else.

SOUNDBITE (English) Khalid Al Jhani:
"In 97 he was known for us as a fighter. But in 2001 he become as a president or something like leader of the world or something like that. "

After leaving Tora Bora Jhani was quickly captured by the Pakistani military and then handed over to the American military. He was then flown to the detention facility in Guantanamo. He says that he finally changed his views after seeing a film of 9/11 while held there.

SOUNDBITE (English) Khalid Al Jhani:
"This is not right, this is not the war. We fight as a fighter, soldier. We don't accept that our civilian being killed by American or by anyone so why we accept that for the civilian? "

After being released from Guantanamo, he was flown back to Saudi Arabia and spent about a year in a Saudi rehabilitation programme. The programme is being watched by other countries as a potentially successful model for reintegrating former terrorists back into society. More than 90 percent of the 400 men who have passed through the programme so far have not returned to violence.

Professor Hamed El-Said, is a consultant to the UN's Terrorism Monitoring group, which is promoting a global deradicalisation effort. He says that Islam has a strong tradition of forgiveness and that Saudi Arabia's tightly-knit tribal ties mean that the young men on the programme are seen as family.

SOUNDBITE (English) Professor El-Said:
"These individuals are looked at as our sons, that's what the Saudis tell you – despite what they committed, despite what they did."