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Egypt: Son of jailed Al-Qaeda leader speaks ahead of Obama visit
[ADN Kronos] He was once considered the intellectual chief of Al-Qaeda, a valued colleague of global leader Osama Bin Laden and his second-in-command, Ayman al Zawahiri. But now Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, known as Dr. Fadl, who is in an Egyptian prison, has renounced his role in the movement and called for an end to violent jihad in western and Muslim countries.In an interview published in the magazine of Italian daily, La Repubblica on Friday, his 24-year-old son Ismaiel spoke about his father's life in prison and his revisionism on the eve of US president Barack Obama's visit to Egypt. "He has a single cell, bathroom and kitchenette," he told the daily. "They bring him the newspaper but he has refused satellite TV. If we want he can telephone every day. I saw him yesterday." What do they talk about? "I tell him what I am doing, I have become the head of the family, I have to take care of our interests." Posted by: Fred 2009-05-31 |
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