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| Egypt: Son of jailed Al-Qaeda leader speaks ahead of Obama visit |
| 2009-05-31 |
| [ADN Kronos] He was once considered the intellectual chief of Al-Qaeda, a valued colleague of global leader Osama Bin Laden and his second-in-command, Ayman al Zawahiri. But now Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, known as Dr. Fadl, who is in an Egyptian prison, has renounced his role in the movement and called for an end to violent jihad in western and Muslim countries. In an interview published in the magazine of Italian daily, La Repubblica on Friday, his 24-year-old son Ismaiel spoke about his father's life in prison and his revisionism on the eve of US president Barack Obama's visit to Egypt. "He has a single cell, bathroom and kitchenette," he told the daily. "They bring him the newspaper but he has refused satellite TV. If we want he can telephone every day. I saw him yesterday." What do they talk about? "I tell him what I am doing, I have become the head of the family, I have to take care of our interests." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Obama's troubled childhood, and being tied to a tree by his teachers in primary school in Malaysia because he couldn't act right, may have given him a deeply ingrained need to kiss muslim ass.. PAGING DR. FREUD. |
| Posted by: GirlThursday 2009-05-31 21:55 |
| #3 Ah Zorba, that's the problem, he DOES speak for you (No you wern't asked) and ou're stuck with him and his kind (Democras) Be afraid, be very afraid, the Americaan Head Muslim, is speaking with his brothers, about how to subjugate Anerica. |
| Posted by: Gentleman Jim 2009-05-31 21:39 |
| #2 Oblahblah reportedly will be making a 'personal' commitment to the world's Muslims (shocka), but as long as he doesn't speak for me, who cares. |
| Posted by: Zorba 2009-05-31 13:56 |
| #1 I have bad feelings about this visit, nothing I can put my finger on, but the same unease like when the huge drunk Staggers to his feet, looks me in the eye and walks my way. I'm probably not in danger, but you never know. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-05-31 13:39 |