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2005-07-15 Britain

Chemist, alleged mastermind of London bombings, arrested in Cairo

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Posted by Steve 2005-07-15 08:12|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 My oh my but that was quick. Wonder if Mubarak's Boyz knew about him all along and have had him under surveillance for some time... Re-entering the country set off the bells and they were dogging him when his name popped out of the UK investigation...

Posted by .com 2005-07-15 09:01|| 2005-07-15 09:01|| Front Page Top

#2 And Mubarak's boys will be very thorough with his investigation.
He's probably pissing blood right now

Posted by john 2005-07-15 09:11|| 2005-07-15 09:11|| Front Page Top

#3 What is this US-trained BS? He went to a US school for 1 semester.

Posted by ed 2005-07-15 09:20|| 2005-07-15 09:20|| Front Page Top

#4 What is this US-trained BS?

To drum up more anti-american sentiments and to show that is really the west's fault for everything, silly.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-15 09:30|| 2005-07-15 09:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Impressive work Steve.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-15 10:10|| 2005-07-15 10:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Anonymous sources, quoted by The Associated Press, report Magdy El-Nashar was detained Thursday night at Cairo's airport upon request of London authorities.

He left London two weeks before the blast, so he was most likely trying to leave Cairo after seeing his name in the news. Good thing they nabbed him before he was in the wind.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-07-15 10:24|| 2005-07-15 10:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Or maybe not:
AP: Magdy el-Nashar, 33, was taken into custody upon his arrival in Cairo from abroad, an Egyptian official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official announcement of the information had not yet been made. El-Nashar, who studied at North Carolina State University and taught at Leeds University in Britain, was being interrogated by Egyptian authorities, the official said. The official could not specify the date of the arrest or where el-Nashar was arriving from, but said it could be as long as a week ago.

Another source: (SA) Cairo - The alleged bomb-maker in the July 7 London terrorist attacks has been arrested in Cairo, where he is being interrogated, Egyptian officials said on Friday. They named the man as 33-year-old Magdy Nashar and said he had been arrested "several days ago".

That could mean they picked him up right after the blast. Still a lot of confusion in the press reports.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-07-15 10:32|| 2005-07-15 10:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Cache?

FYI From Leeds Univ...

Terrorist Bastard

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-15 10:50|| 2005-07-15 10:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Wayback Machine Nashar

Of Course, if Google's cache gets updated with "forbidden" there is always the Wayback Machine

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-15 11:08|| 2005-07-15 11:08|| Front Page Top

#10

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-15 11:29|| 2005-07-15 11:29|| Front Page Top

#11 The "Mastermind" was likely Mustafa Setmariam Nasar aka Abu Musab al-Asuri.

Posted by Rory B. Bellows 2005-07-15 14:27|| 2005-07-15 14:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Why do you say that, Rory?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-15 16:13|| 2005-07-15 16:13|| Front Page Top

#13 BBC TV reported he was arrested yesterday at his family home in Cairo. Don't sound like a 'Mastermind' to me. I'll hazard a guess and say he just let some people use his flat while he was away on holiday.

Posted by phil_b 2005-07-15 19:06|| 2005-07-15 19:06|| Front Page Top

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