These men murdered or helped plan the murder of 58 tourists in 1997. All 900 of them? On what charges were they imprisoned, I wonder? I'd like to see a list for all 900. After all, it was the Egyptian goverment that imprisoned them. Not a government that I would trust to identify terrorists in the first place.
The same group that assassinated Sadat? What game is Mubarak playing? Is it appeasement of terrorism or bribery?
I don't think I'm being perverse in asking these questions, and I certainly wouldn't doubt that any of the 900 are folks who shouldn't be running around free. Nevertheless, there has to be more to this story.
"All 900 of them? On what charges were they imprisoned, I wonder? I'd like to see a list for all 900. After all, it was the Egyptian goverment that imprisoned them. Not a government that I would trust to identify terrorists in the first place."
Normally I would agree with you. However, this group apparently had its hands in a number of attacks on tourists and had a plan to kill Sadat, so I would guess there are quite a few of them. The article refers to another 5,000 having been released, so it looks like these 900 are somehow the core of the group.
I guess a much better headline might have been "Egypt releases 5900 terrorists".
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