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| Brother of al-Qaeda leader acquitted |
| 2012-03-19 |
| The brother of al-Qaeda's leader has been acquitted of terrorism charges by an Egyptian court, overturning a 14-year-old death penalty case. So, can we drone-zap them now? Mohamed al-Zawahiri was part of a group convicted in 1998 for planning attacks and belonging to an extremist group. He is the brother of Ayman al-Zawahiri, who ascended to the number one position in the terrorist group, al-Qaeda, after Osama bin Laden was assassinated last year by US forces in Pakistan. Mohamed al-Islamboli - whose brother, Khalid, was behind the assassination of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat in 1981 - was also acquitted of charges related to the same case. Al-Zawahiri had been held in detention in Egypt, but al-Islamboli has lived in exile for more than 20 years, only arriving in Egypt following the ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak last year. During Mubarak's rule, it was not uncommon for Islamists to be found guilty of collecting money for Islamist groups and "funding terrorism". |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 So, can we drone-zap them now? Nah. Put a tail on him and see if he leads us to his brother. Then we can drone zap both of them. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-03-19 15:08 |