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| U.S. Hands Over Egyptian Wanted For Sadat Assassination |
| 2002-06-16 |
| The United States has handed over to Egypt an Egyptian man convicted of participation in the 1981 assassination of late president Anwar Sadat, the U.S. embassy said Sunday. "Nabil Soliman, the man convicted in absentia by an Egyptian court of participation in the assassination of former president Anwar Sadat, was removed from the United States to Egypt on June 12, 2002," said a statement made by U.S. embassy. "Soliman was taken into custody by Egyptian authorities upon arrival at Cairo Airport." Soliman "had been in the United States since 1992" and his extradition "follows the conclusion of appropriate legal proceedings concerning Mr. Soliman, who was removed for being in the United States illegally," the statement said. Egyptian security officials told Agence-France Presse (AFP) Soliman was a member of the Islamic Jihad group and was sentenced in absentia in 1982 to five years in jail for participation in the killing of Sadat. Good riddance to that one... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |