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Africa North
30 Russian students arrested in Egypt: Moscow
2009-05-30
[Al Arabiya Latest] Russia's foreign ministry said Friday it has demanded an explanation from Egyptian authorities on why it arrested more than 30 Russian students alongside nationals from five other countries this week.

A ministry statement said citizens from Britain, Denmark, France, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were also taken in for questioning.
Were any of them named Nigel or Pierre?
Members of Egypt's special services broke into the students' dormitories at Cairo's al-Azhar University on Wednesday and took them to an undisclosed location. "No charges were brought against them," the statement said.
So why were they arrested -- oh forgot, Egypt is a dictatorship. The Russians should understand that ...
Russia's embassy in Cairo "sent a note to Egypt's foreign ministry to ask the reason for the arrests," the statement said.
Another sign of these degenerate times. Back in the day, a call to the president's office would have sufficed to get the Russians released and the arresting officers shot.
Interfax news agency quoted a spokesman for the Russian embassy, Timur Agametov, as saying that the students come from Russia's north Caucasus region.
Not named Ivan, either.
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov condemned the arrests, saying the students' rights had been flouted, according to Ria Novosti agency.
Chechens? Perhaps the Russians aren't quite so concerned about getting them released, then.
Posted by:Fred

#4  A very good point, Zhang Fe.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-05-30 22:00  

#3  My guess is that these are Muslims gathered to learn all about the outer jihad, who may have gotten mixed up in Egyptian anti-government jihadist cells. Some of them might actually be Western government spies deliberately infiltrated to find out what the Islamists are up to. Infiltration is easier to do in a place like Egypt, where you don't actually have to kill anyone to prove your bona fides. The fact that they're recruiting non-traditional Muslims (native Westerners) cuts two ways - on the one hand, native Westerners blend in better if jihadists are conducting operations in the West, but on the other hand, it is easier for the Western security services to infiltrate ideologically-sound agents (i.e. non-Muslims) into jihadist movements.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2009-05-30 16:09  

#2  "Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov condemned the arrests, saying the students' rights had been flouted, according to Ria Novosti agency."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. The number of people that Kadyrov has personally killed.... the guy is through and through a vicious war-criminal.
Posted by: bgrebel   2009-05-30 13:03  

#1  Maybe al-azhar was offering suicide-bombing courses that the Saudis have yet sanctioned.
Posted by: HammerHead   2009-05-30 08:22  

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