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Egyptian officers behind Sisi plot revealed
2016-11-22
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Cairo’s prosecutor general said in a statement on Sunday that the country’s President Abdulfatah al-Sissi had faced two previous liquidation attempts: one in Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and the second in Egypt.

The prosecutor said two cells, one based in Saudi Arabia, were coordinating to target Sisi during his trip to perform the minor pilgrimage known as umrah in the holy city of Makkah.

The prosecutor said the plot in Saudi Arabia was planned by two workers in the 76-story famous Clock Tower in Makkah.

However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning...
the prosecutor did not disclose when the two cells were tossed in the slammer
You have the right to remain silent...
, but Sisi had already performed umrah in August 2014.

The second liquidation attempt was through a seven-member cell made up of six coppers, who were sacked over their Islamist allegiances, along with a dentist.

The leader of the terrorist cell, former police officer Mohammed al-Bakoutchi, reportedly confessed that he had provided information to Sinai Province, ISIS's Egyptian affiliate, over the dispersal of the Moslem Brüderbund’s Rabaa sit-in.

He also leaked information regarding Sisi’s itinerary as part of a plot to kill the president by targeting his motorcades.

The statement also did not detail when the second attempt to kill Sisi was foiled. But the officers, known as the "bearded officers," were arrested last year.

On July 3, 2013, Sisi, who was an army general, replaced the elected Islamist President Mohammed Mursi through a popularly-backed coup. However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning...
Islamists began protests which were put down by the security forces.

Meanwhile,
...back at the game, the Babe headed for second base. He almost made it. Then Sheila slapped him....
this is the first time that Egypt officially acknowledged liquidation attempts against Sisi. However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning...
in June Sisi reportedly canceled his participation at the Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
summit in Maurtiania due to "credible information" of a plot to kill him.

Egypt will try 292 krazed killer suspects over plots to assassinate Sisi and attacks in the Sinai Peninsula, a prosecution official said Sunday.

The suspects, including 151 currently in jug, were referred to a military court for alleged membership of the "Sinai State", the local affiliate of the ISIS group, which is leading an insurrection in the Sinai.

The suspects were questioned about the accusations against them and 66 confessed during an investigation that lasted more than a year, the official said.

All of the suspects were involved in 17 operations, including two plots to kill Sisi, one while he was on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia and one in Cairo, the official said.

The official gave no further details, but said those who planned the liquidation attempts were dismissed coppers who adhere to krazed killer ideology.

Posted by:Fred

#2  Assassinations are a common past-time in this part of the world. Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981 in Cairo. A fatwa approving the assassination (hit job) was put out by Blind Sheikh and Cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was later convicted in the US for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing during the Clinton administration. The Blind Sheikh is currently soaking up taxpayer money serving a life sentence at the Butner Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina.
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-11-22 09:09  

#1  History repeats itself: Following a failed Muslim Brotherhood attempt on his life, Nasser attacked the Ikhwan with incredible ferocity; Following attempts on Sisi's life the President seems bent on replicating the past.
Posted by: Heriberto Greper9897   2016-11-22 07:59  

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