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| Hundreds demand release of Omar Abdel-Rahman | |
| 2011-04-22 | |
The protesters called on US President Barack Obama to release the prisoner. Nicknamed the "Blind Sheikh" Omar Abdel-Rahman, 73, was convicted in 1995 by the US for plots to attack targets in New York and to assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. He was among the group that planned the first attacks against the World Trade Center, which resulted in 6 deaths and injured over 1,000 in 1993. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Perhaps the Islamists will be forced to take some tourists to Egypt hostage & insist on a swap. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-04-22 20:39 |
| #4 What was that saying about not executing vermin cause it gives the other vermin a martyr to rally around? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2011-04-22 11:35 |
| #3 Rahman's group in Egypt long had a hot war with the government, killing not just the head of counterintelligence, but also the speaker of their parliament and 1,200 other Egyptians. In response, the government arrested 20,000 of them, and killed several thousand more. So they carried out the Luxor massacre. Bad idea, as it turned the public against them big time. Even Rahman, in prison, realized what a mistake it was and tried to blame Israel. Zawahiri (The new #2 in al-Qaeda), tried to blame the Egyptian police. Finally Rahman's group had to make a non-violence accord with the government, which caused them to schism. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-04-22 08:54 |
| #2 Didn't take long at all. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2011-04-22 08:39 |
| #1 I worry re Egypt another Pakistan in the making! |
| Posted by: Angeretle Snore6772 2011-04-22 07:38 |