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Egypt’s ‘Blind Sheikh’ dies in prison in the US
middleastmonitor.com ^
| 2/18/17
| middleeastmonitor.com
Posted on 02/18/2017 9:21:18 AM PST by ColdOne
The spiritual leader of the Egyptian Islamist militant group Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya Omar Abdel-Rahman has died in his US prison after serving more than 20 years for seditious conspiracy to commit murder.
Abdel-Rahman, also known as the “Blind Sheikh”, was serving a life sentence in the United States for his role in masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya reported.
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To: ColdOne
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02/18/2017 12:43:54 PM PST
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hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: JoeProBono
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02/18/2017 1:00:04 PM PST
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Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: ColdOne
I’m terrible at ululating. Could someone please ululate a little for me? Thanks.
To: ColdOne
Good. A long time coming.
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Bloody Sam Roberts
(Good judgement comes from experience. And experience? Well, that comes from poor judgement.)
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