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Egypt: Homegrown Jihadis Involved In Iraq Attack
Cairo, 7 Dec. (AKI) - A number of young Egyptian Jihadis fighting in Iraq took part in a September attack in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi in which American troops died, according to the pan-Arab daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat. The paper cites the findings of an ongoing investigation by Egyptian security forces being carried out in Marsa Matrouh - a tourist location some 400 kilometres northwest of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, where the homegrown Jihadis are from.The Egyptian authorities on Thursday deported eight French citizens and two Belgians suspected of belonging to a terror cell they smashed last week. Egyptian security forces are hunting five Egyptians alleged to belong to the cell. Two of them were identified by state media as Ramadan el Nagdi and Islam Sabri, both medical students at the al-Azhar Islamic University and originally from the Nile Delta area. The cell allegedly had contacts with a Syrian suicide bomber who blew himself upon on 28 November on the border between Lebanon and Syria, according to the state media. The uncovering of the cell, which allegedly contained Western and Middle Eastern operatives, has highlighted the security issues Egypt faces. From Ayatollah, Inc., apparently Most of the terror suspects arrested are aged between 20 and 30, had been living in Egypt for some time, and are students of Arabic or Islam. Posted by: mrp 2006-12-07 |
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