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2002-06-17 Terror Networks

Egypt foiled Padilla-Islamic Jihad link...

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-06-17 11:00 am|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fred, does anything about this report strike you as weird? Namely, that the Egyptians "knew" about Padilla's meeting and who he repped, and their reaction was to "force him to leave the country?" What ever happened to the good old secret police and their habits of removing spleens with red hot pincers?

Posted by Bill Quick 2002-06-17 20:40:52|| [www.dailypundit.com] 2002-06-17 20:40:52|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd say it represents discretion on the Egyptians' part. The Secret Police and their hot pincers work fine with the locals, but if they nab a Merkin then they have to explain why. There'd have been 752 lawyers with 70s-style poodle haircuts and $800 briefcases, each followed by a TV camera, rushing to his defense because after all he hadn't "done" anything -- nothing had exploded. There are people in the U.S. right this moment who are jumping up and down and hollering about the same thing -- he didn't actually blow anything up, he only intended to.

Posted by Fred 2002-06-18 07:08:00|| 2002-06-18 07:08:00|| Front Page Top

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