#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. |
Egyptian police have killed the leader of an Islamist militant group blamed for several attacks on tourist towns last month, the Egyptian television reported. The television quoted security officials as saying Nasr Khamis Al-Mallahi was killed in a firefight near the North Sinai town of El-Arish and that one of his accomplices was captured. Police say el-Mallahi headed Tawhid wal Jihad, which has been blamed for a series of attacks against tourist resorts in the Sinai since 2004. The attacks have killed at least 117 people.