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| Egypt to try 43 Islamists for plotting to attack Israeli interests |
| 2003-01-24 |
| Middle East Online Forty-three Islamists are to go on trial in an Egyptian military court for an alleged plot to attack the US and Israeli embassies in Cairo, a lawyer said on Thursday. Muntasser al-Zayat, who represents Islamist defendants, said military prosecutors had decided to put on trial the suspects, whose arrests were announced in early January, in a month's time after the end of questioning. Oooh. Sounds painful. A whole month of truncheons and giggle juice... More truncheons than giggle juice, in Egypt. The government daily Al-Ahram has said the suspects rounded up in the Delta north of Cairo were members of the armed Egyptian group Al-Jihad, which is led by the Ayman al-Zawahiri, who is regarded as Osama bin Laden's lieutenant. Interesting throwaway there. Jihad was folded into al-Qaeda and Ayman became Binny's Numbah Two. Now things are tough for Qaeda and Jihad is back in business. Is this sloppy reporting, or is Ayman on his own again? But Zayat said that while accused of planning attacks on the US and Israeli embassies, they were "linked to no organisation." They had tried in vain to slip into the Palestinian territories to fight Israel after they were "shaken by the images of the massacre in Jenin", the paper said. "Just some gullible local boyz, led astray by Zionist perfidy..." The daily said that after they failed to join the Palestinians, the group started planning attacks against interests of Western countries, which are accused of supporting Israel. "Yar, Mahmoud! We gotta attack somebody!" "Yeah, Achmed! Workin' for a livin' would never get us anywhere..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 I hope they don't prosecute by trial-by-jury. Al-Qaeda has a lot of peers in the home of Ikhwanism. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-01-24 17:35:24 |
| #3 ". Al'Qaeda's the buyout-king of the Islamic terrorism. They also like to spin-off new groups to confuse investigators. It's not surprising that old names would still be around, or would reappear." Taking a page from the 'Angels or 'Choice |
| Posted by: john 2003-01-24 13:03:30 |
| #2 I think Rantburg should get a Golden Globe for best use of 'Yar' on a website. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-01-24 12:04:13 |
| #1 Re: Al'Jihad and al'Qaeda Here in the US, it's not uncommon for a chain of grocery stores to be bought out by another, larger chain. The smaller chain often keeps operating under their old name, usually just for a while, but sometimes permanently. Al'Qaeda's the buyout-king of the Islamic terrorism. They also like to spin-off new groups to confuse investigators. It's not surprising that old names would still be around, or would reappear. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-01-24 10:19:52 |