OCTOBER 1998 : (COLUMBIA: EGYPTIAN AL-GAMAL AL-ISLAMIYA TERRORIST MOHAMED ENID ABDEL AAL, ENTERS COLUMBIA FOR TALKS WITH FARC; AAL HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN INVOLVED WITH LUXOR MASSACRE) An Egyptian terrorist belonging to al-Gamal al-Islamiya entered Colombia illegally in 1998 to hold talks with FARC and was arrested and turned over to U.S. authorities. He was wanted in connection with the 1997 massacre of 80 Western tourists near Cairo.
Interpol arrested the Egyptian extremist Mohamed Enid Abdel Aal, in Bogota, Colombia. Abdel Aal, a leader of one of the most dangerous of the Islamist terrorist organizations, told authorities under questioning that "he planned to stay in Colombia for a few days and then head to Venezuela over land. (El Nuevo Herald, Sept. 16, 2001)
There is additional information that indicates that the Colombian territory under FARC control has become a haven for Terror International. Argentine journalist Julio Cirino, an expert on international terrorism, has written about the existence of a logistical support base "in a small city near the Colombian border with Venezuela, where "Middle Eastern types receive fake Colombian passports and move on to other unspecified destinations.