Saudi offered $10b to release Mubarak

Saudi Arabia allegedly offered $10 billion to secure the release of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, according to documents released last week by WikiLeaks.

Some of the several documents leaked by WikiLeaks quoted a Brotherhood leader as saying that the group could ensure Mubarak would not go to prison in exchange for $10 billion, reported The Express Tribune.

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However, a handwritten note said that paying ransom for Mubarak was 'not a good idea' because the Brotherhood could not prevent his incarceration.

Mubarak, who has been Saudi's ally for a long time, is currently serving his jail term in Egypt and facing legal trials.

WikiLeaks released the first part of over a half-a-million cables and other documents from the Saudi Foreign Ministry, termed 'The Saudi Cables,' on Friday.

While it did not say where it obtained the documents from, it referred to a statement released by Riyadh in May that said its computer networks had suffered a security breach. The cyber attack was later claimed by a group that called itself the 'Yemeni Cyber Army.'

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has asked its citizens to ignore the diplomatic documents leaked by WikiLeaks, saying they were forged.