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2006-05-10 Africa North

Egyptian police kills mastermind of attacks on tourist towns

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Posted by Fred 2006-05-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Perhaps they might try killing the mastermind *before* the attack next time..."

Dead men tell no tales.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-05-10 00:07|| 2006-05-10 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Dead men kill no others either.
But you must be sure you've got the right man.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-05-10 08:04|| 2006-05-10 08:04|| Front Page Top

#3 We won't know whether the right fella is terminated, would we?

Anyone knows whether they got the people responsible for the Luxor massacre of tourists less than a decade ago?

Posted by Duh! 2006-05-10 12:53|| 2006-05-10 12:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Anyone knows whether they got the people responsible for the Luxor massacre

Partially. Yes, since Mustafa Hamza (head of GAI) was arrested in Iran (the great Afghanistan bugout after 911) and sent to Egypt. No, since bin Laden and Zawahiri were the money men behind it.

The Hamza connection
Hani El-Sibaai, director of the London-based Al-Maqrizi Centre for Historical Studies, first revealed the news of Hamza's extradition on 4 December 2004. Citing reliable sources in Al- Gamaa Al-Islamiya, he said that Iran had decided to hand over the 48-year-old Hamza, who is married with children, as part of a deal struck with Cairo. In exchange for Hamza's extradition, Tehran would be permitted to set up cultural centres in Egypt and receive intelligence on the Iranian opposition group, Mujhadi Khalq, members of which reside in Egypt. Egypt also promised to use its diplomatic channels with the US to improve Tehran's image in Washington. However, both Cairo and Tehran persisted in denying this report, the release of which coincided with news of an espionage scandal in which an Egyptian citizen and an Iranian diplomat were alleged to have been spying in Egypt on behalf of Tehran.

Posted by ed 2006-05-10 13:08|| 2006-05-10 13:08|| Front Page Top

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