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| Egypt court exonerates condemned Gamaa Islamiya members |
| 2012-09-07 |
| [Al Ahram] The Beni Suef Criminal Court on Wednesday exonerated four members of Egypt's Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya who had been earlier sentenced to death by a military court. Mostafa Hamza, Refaa Taha, Othaman Siman and Mohamed El-Islamboly had all faced the ultimate penalty after being found guilty of involvement in what has become known as the 'Albania Returnees Case' of the late 1990s. Since the sentence was never carried out, the men were eventually referred by a military tribunal to a civil court for re-trial following last year's revolution, by which they were all found not guilty. Hamza also stands accused of attempting to assassinate ousted president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... in 1995. He received an additional death sentence for his role in the so-called 'case of the Afghanistan returnees,' and a lifetime prison sentence for attacking a church in 1989 in his hometown of Beni Suef. The latest trial represents the first time for Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya members to be tried in a civil court. A host of Islamist activists were released in the immediate wake of Mubarak's ouster, with the exception of those facing death sentences. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 MILITARY COOPERATION WID CHINA WILL ULTIMATELY CHANGE THE MILITARY BALANCE OF POWER IN MIDDLE EAST. EGYPT TO BE ABLE ONE DAY TO DEFEAT ANY AGGRESSOR AND PROJECT MILITARY POWER THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY. Yeah, that worked so well with the Soviets. Think the Chinese will be better? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-09-07 16:50 |
| #1 Meanwhile, ... * WORLD MILITARY FORUM > EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL: MILITARY COOPERATION WID CHINA WILL ULTIMATELY CHANGE THE MILITARY BALANCE OF POWER IN MIDDLE EAST. EGYPT TO BE ABLE ONE DAY TO DEFEAT ANY AGGRESSOR AND PROJECT MILITARY POWER THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY. IMO Artic + Military Balance" also read, INTRA- AND INTER-MUSLIM = GEOPOL BALANCE OF POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Looks like Rising Iran has LT competition from FNG-wannabe BFF Rising Egypt = "PHAROAH/RAMESES IS COMING, PHAROAH/RAMESES IS COMING"! [LIZ TAYLOR = "CLEOPATRA'S" MASSIVE GOLDEN PROCESSIONAL ENTRANCE INTO ROME here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-09-07 00:52 |