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Islamist Leader: Egypt Revolution Achieved the Impossible (93 WTC Bomb Leader)
Al Masry Al Young Youm English Edition ^ | Tuesday, April 19, 2011 | Mounir Adib

Posted on 04/20/2011 6:29:45 PM PDT by kristinn

Jama'a al-Islamiya leader Omar Abdel Rahman, who is being held in a prison in North Carolina, US, in a 15-minute telephone conversation with his wife Aisha said “the Egyptian revolution achieved the impossible.”

His son Mohamed said an officer from the prison called Abdel Rahman’s home on the landline first to make sure that his wife was there, and that her voice matched the registered "voiceprint."

He added that a recorded message from the prison’s phone said the line would be cut immediately if any person other than Aisha talked on the phone.

He also said that his father was pleased that his case was being covered again in the Egyptian media, and that he asked if any efforts were being exerted for his release. However, he did not comment when his wife told him that Jama'a al-Islamiya will be holding protests outside the US embassy in Cairo on Thursday for that purpose

Translated from the Arabic Edition


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1 posted on 04/20/2011 6:29:49 PM PDT by kristinn
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2 posted on 04/20/2011 6:59:36 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: Cindy; AliVeritas

FYI.


3 posted on 04/20/2011 7:09:21 PM PDT by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: kristinn
Paradoxically, Sheikh `Abd ar-Rahman also sees America as lacking in character and will, and therefore as weak. Thus, he assured his acolytes that five or six small operations against the American military, such as the bombing of the Marine barracks in 1983, would drive the United States from the Middle East.[12][Speech in Denmark, 1990. See also USDC-SDNY, United States v Abdel Rahman et al., Gov’t Ex. 550T, pp. 14, 26. ]
The few and ill-equipped fundamentalists have no hope of overwhelming the American forces; rather, `Abd ar-Rahman believes they will defeat the Americans through superior will. He urges a battle of attrition. By fomenting enough fear over time, fundamentalist Muslims ensure that Americans will find a policy of appeasement irresistibly more seductive than one of constant vigilance. `Abd ar-Rahman expects that a combination of Muslim conviction and Western weakness will bring Islam its ultimate triumph. He counsels patience; operatives should lie in wait for opportune moments.------ "Prosecuting the New York Sheikh," Andrew C. McCarthy, March 1, 1997, This article was first published by Middle East Quarterly in March 1997
4 posted on 04/20/2011 7:15:54 PM PDT by piasa
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To: piasa

Thanks.


5 posted on 04/20/2011 7:25:07 PM PDT by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: piasa
Andrew McCarthy is absolutely brilliant on this subject.

Finished reading his newest book, The Grand Jihad, a few months ago and just bought a copy of Willful Blindness, which chronicles the first WTC bombing trial and its relation to Islamic expansionism.

6 posted on 04/20/2011 7:29:57 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: kristinn
He also said that his father was pleased that his case was being covered again in the Egyptian media, and that he asked if any efforts were being exerted for his release

Surely obamma and Holder are not that stupid? Please tell me this?

7 posted on 04/20/2011 7:32:06 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: OddLane

Thanks, I didn’t know about the latter book.


8 posted on 04/20/2011 7:44:00 PM PDT by piasa
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To: rawhide

obummer told the world that if the political winds turn ugly in the Middle East he would stand with islam.

His actions speak for themselves.


9 posted on 04/20/2011 7:46:20 PM PDT by Texas resident (Hunkered Down)
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To: piasa
It was published in 2010.

I got a complimentary copy from Encounter Books.

Definitely a must-read.

I have a link to the Amazon page in my profile.

10 posted on 04/20/2011 8:06:31 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: kristinn
FROM WIKIPEDIA:

“. . .El Gama’a El Islamiyya) is an Egyptian Islamist movement, and is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union[1] and Egyptian governments. The group is (or was) dedicated to the overthrow of the Egyptian government and replacing it with an Islamic state.

“The now imprisoned cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman was a spiritual leader of the movement. The group is reported to be responsible for the killing of hundreds of Egyptian policemen and soldiers, civilians, and dozens of tourists in a violent campaign in the 1990s. While the assassination of the Egyptian president Anwar Sadat in 1981 is generally thought to have been carried out by another Islamist group, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, some have suggested al-Gamaa was responsible for or at least related to the assassination. In 2003 the imprisoned leadership of the group renounced bloodshed, and a series of high-ranking members have since been released by Egyptian authorities, and the group has been allowed to resume semi-legal peaceful activities.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Gama’a_al-Islamiyya

11 posted on 04/20/2011 9:23:36 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: kristinn

Thank you for the ping Kristinn.
I appreciate it.


12 posted on 04/20/2011 10:14:14 PM PDT by Cindy
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Thanks kristinn.
was pleased that his case was being covered again in the Egyptian media, and that he asked if any efforts were being exerted for his release. However, he did not comment when his wife told him that Jama'a al-Islamiya will be holding protests outside the US embassy in Cairo on Thursday for that purpose

13 posted on 04/21/2011 4:32:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: kristinn
[Egypt Pres] Mohammed Morsi vows to free Omar Abdel-Rahman,jailed in U.S., CBS ^ | 29 June 2012 Posted on 06/29/2012 10:03:22 PM PDT by Lorianne
14 posted on 06/30/2012 1:06:50 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: kcvl; Cindy

appeasement ping


15 posted on 09/18/2012 8:35:21 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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