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SAUDI ARABIA HOLDING AMERICAN ON REQUEST OF U.S. GOVERNMENT

Omar Abu Ali and his lawyer Morton Sklar speak with members of the press before going into District Court for the District of Columbia to deliver a Habeas petition on July 27, 2004 in Washington. Omar's son, Ahmed Abu Ali, is both a U.S. and Jordanian citizen and being held in a Saudi Arabian prison on request of the U.S. government. Ali has been held in Saudi Arabia for over a year with out having formal charges brought against him. His family is asking that he be brought home to stand trial...(UPI Photo/Michael Kleinfeld)

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