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2005-05-01 Africa: North
Sadat assassination primer as requested by .com
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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-05-01 12:01:07 AM|| || Front Page|| [11141 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Yes! Meaty detail and motive, a solid digest - with beautiful focus, Dan. Kudos. I hope our intelligence and analysis services are paying attention to your product. I have no doubt the quality meets and / or exceeds their internal efforts. One small ironic observation - our buddy, Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, certainly gets, er, got around, didn't he? How sweet that he ends his days in a US prison, the prick.

I have, per yesterday's thread, a special interest in the actual events of Oct 6, '81. I knew that Lieutenant Khaled Islambouli, whose brother was one of the people rounded up in Sadat's crackdown, was instrumental in the assassination. There was supposed to have been a Major, as well. Curiously, if it is true, I read somewhere that the Major didn't survive questioning. Never did find a name to attach to the rank. And that is as high as the official trail went. Sans the swarming effect that the Internet brings to topics and events, the official story was, as was customary at that time, the end of it. What I would give for someone like Norb Garrett (and those who worked in his East Asia Division at CIA) to tell all he knows - and believes.

Thanks for the preview, Dan. At Rantburg U, class is in session - and I truly appreciate the lesson!
Posted by .com 2005-05-01 1:22:44 AM||   2005-05-01 1:22:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks for the praise, .com

Mohammed Islambouli was a leader for one of the Islamist student unions who was arrested right before the assassination, I got it in another part of the dossier. There were 7 other army regulars (several of whom were tortured to death) aside from Khaled Islambouli who were directly involved in the killing of Sadat, and that was just with regard to the immediate assassination. Look at the ILO membership for a better picture at who the trail was likely to lead to if you want a better picture of the conspiracy that the Islambouli-Farag-Zuhdi troika were running.

As for the Blind Sheikh, he was the holy man for the Islamists as well as the fatwa bank. How he got into the US is an interesting question in of itself, since he had been working with Iranian intelligence since early 1981 (this is also in another part of the dossier) and had an agreement with Khomeini that he would be the resident holy man when the Islamists took over Egypt.
Posted by Dan Darling  2005-05-01 1:50:05 AM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]  2005-05-01 1:50:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#3  One other thing on the charities - all of these madrassas in Upper (southern) Egypt like the one at Asyut where the Blind Sheikh taught and where the IG student unions organized and were trained by former Egyptian soldiers - they were all funded by Wahhabi organizations based out of Saudi Arabia. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad also has its ideological origins here as well.
Posted by Dan Darling  2005-05-01 1:56:15 AM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]  2005-05-01 1:56:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Dan, dunno if you need to include this guy in your research; he was one of the O.G. Learned Elders of Islam (TM).
Posted by Seafarious  2005-05-01 2:18:00 AM||   2005-05-01 2:18:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Truly solid, Dan. Piecing it all together into a story that is readable must be truly hard, but satisfying, work. I hope we're buying and reading Dan Darling books soon, bro.

As for Rahman & Co, so many grand designs. Their success ratio has dropped significantly -- batting something like .002 for the last century or so, and they still don't seem to get it...

One of my favorite Larsen cartoons sums it up well, but I doubt an Islamist would get it:

Picture a road in the desert - stretching back to the horizon. A small object in the distance is a car on the side of the road, with the hood up. In the foreground, you see a bedraggled man, sweltering in the heat, suit coat over his shoulder, sleeves rolled up, tie loosened... he's looking down at a pair of roller skates on the ground. Caption:
"Life is a series of major disappointments, followed by minor windfalls."

The day of Islam is ending, their sun has begun to set. The hardcore fools who dream of a global Caliphate might as well dream of stopping the Earth's rotation. The tasks are similar. The only thing left is how many will they take down with them.

fin.
Posted by .com 2005-05-01 2:19:06 AM||   2005-05-01 2:19:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#6  Seafarious - Yeah he was, but he got too old and happy for the Caliphate in his old age so he ended up getting bought off by the regime to keep the rubes' attention directed away from Hosni.

.com - I'd like that too, here's to hoping somebody buys 'em when the time comes ;)

As for the Grand Designs(TM), I think Fred's summed it up the best that these guys are a lot more like Fu Manchu and the Council of Boskone than they are any of the other baddies we've dealt with this century. Once you realize all the conspiracies and attendant intrigue they're involved with it makes a lot more sense why they think we Westerners live this world of cabals and wheels within wheels ruled by the Joooz. Bad case of cultural projection, though no Middle East studies prof'll ever tell you that one ...
Posted by Dan Darling  2005-05-01 2:32:02 AM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]  2005-05-01 2:32:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Heh, Dan. Here's to that day!

Here's my favorite Fred post on Islam. A primer for the knee-jerks who come to RB for hate therapy, as well as the clueless apologists. Sane. Rational. Informed. I refer to it frequently to maintain an even strain, heh.
Posted by .com 2005-05-01 3:25:17 AM||   2005-05-01 3:25:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#8  Yep, that's definitely a keeper, .com
Posted by Dan Darling  2005-05-01 3:44:37 AM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]  2005-05-01 3:44:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Many thanks Dan Darling! Never before have I heard the theory that Mubarak was in on the assassination. I recently read a book on Islamic Jihad in Egypt, that said that Mubarak was seated next to Sadat and was spared by the gunman who climbed his way up the reviewing stand to his objective, pumped scores of bullets into Anwar Sadat.

Gunman said- we don't want you
Posted by sea cruise 2005-05-01 11:21:50 AM||   2005-05-01 11:21:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Great background, Dan! If Mubarak was in on it, he apparently pulled a double-cross because the islamists got smacked down good afterward. I also seem to recall that Hosni was a bit of a lightweight (former AF pilot) when chosen as VP.
Posted by Spot  2005-05-01 11:40:50 AM||   2005-05-01 11:40:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 A Portrait of Egypt : A Journey Through the World of Militant Islam
by Mary Anne Weaver
"THE STREETS OF CAIRO ARE LIKE NO OTHER STREETS IN THE world..." (more)
SIPs: blind cleric, prayer caps
_

Very good book, Written in 2000 so Osama Bin Ladin does not complicate the book

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374527105/102-6796344-5554509?v=glance
Posted by sea cruise 2005-05-01 11:46:57 AM||   2005-05-01 11:46:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 Hosni Mubarak made it to Commander of the Air Force.




Mohamed Hosni Mubarak
President of
Arab Republic of Egypt Supreme Commander
of The Armed Forces



Last Rank Lieutenant General
Name Mohamed Hosni El-Sayed Mubarak
Service Air Force
Date of Birth May 4th,1928
Date of Commission February 1st,1949
Higher Military Qualifications Higher Studies In Frunze,RUSSIA.

MAJOR COMMAND POSITIONS

Commander, Air Squadron.
Commander, Air Brigade.
Commander, Air Academy.
Commander of the Air Force.

COMBAT SERVICE

1956 War.
1967 War.
1973 War.

Posted by sea cruise 2005-05-01 11:49:56 AM||   2005-05-01 11:49:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 lucky guy, making it through those three losing wars and the assassination....
Posted by Frank G  2005-05-01 11:53:28 AM||   2005-05-01 11:53:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 Mubarak was born on May 4, 1928 in Kafr-El Meselha, Egypt. Upon completion of high school, he joined the Egyptian Military Academy, where he received his bachelor's degree in military sciences. In 1950, he joined the Air Force Academy and earned a bachelor's in aviation sciences, graduating at the top of his class. He then went up the chain of command holding the positions of pilot, instructor, squadron leader, and base commander. In 1964, he was appointed head of the Egyptian Military Delegation to the USSR

In the years between 1967 to 1972, during the War of Attrition between Egypt and Israel, Mubarak was appointed Director of the Airforce Academy and Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Air Force. In 1972, he became Commander of the Air Force and Deputy Minister for Military Affairs. In October 1973, following the October War, a.k.a Ramadan War or Yom Kippur War
Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into EgyptYom Kippur War, he was promoted to the rank of Air Marshall. In April 1975, he was named vice-president of Egypt and, in 1978, he was selected to serve as vice chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP).

Posted by sea cruise 2005-05-01 11:59:08 AM||   2005-05-01 11:59:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 Frank:
I think Hosni Mubarak served with distinction during 1973 Yom Kippur war, which Egypt can rightly claim as having fought well and won. I sure know that Anwar Sadat proclaimed it a win and a redemption from the 1967 war defeat.

Hosni had that Air force fly boy factor which dazzled the Egyptians and still gives him street credibility to come down on Muslim Brotherhood types like a ton of bricks. IMO he's built a fine ruling coalition for an Islamic basket case nation.
Posted by sea cruise 2005-05-01 12:05:10 PM||   2005-05-01 12:05:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 won Yom Kippur? uh huh, ok..... redeemed the 6day war loss...riiiiggghhhtt.

Hosni's done reasonably well, given the nutcases he's had to govern, but IMHO, he could've done a lot better, see "Copts", and Paleo-smuggling tunnels, from.....yes, Egypt!
Posted by Frank G  2005-05-01 12:33:53 PM||   2005-05-01 12:33:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Big win for the Egyptians forces LOL, btw nice river you got here wogs.
Posted by General S 2005-05-01 12:50:49 PM||   2005-05-01 12:50:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Depends on when you measure from. The initial attack was very successful. The Israelis counterattacked and Egypt's 3rd Army was in danger of being surrounded and destroyed when the cease fire was called. But that never actually happened (the destruction) so Egypt has never acknowledged how close they came to a visible defeat.
Posted by too true 2005-05-01 1:34:49 PM||   2005-05-01 1:34:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Zionist forces were in denile and had no chance.
Posted by Shipman 2005-05-01 6:37:43 PM||   2005-05-01 6:37:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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