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July 2, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/world/egypts-new-leader-takes-oath-promising-to-work-for-release-of-jailed-terrorist-642698/

Egypt's New Leader Wants U.S. to Release Sheik Convicted in 1993 World Trade Center Attack

(New York Times) David D. Kirkpatrick - In a televised speech to tens of thousands of supporters in Tahrir Square on Friday, President-elect Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood promised to work for the release of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the Egyptian-born militant Islamist convicted after the 1993 World Trade Center attack of plotting to bomb several New York City landmarks.

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