2017: Fifteen Sinai Islamic militants

ExecutedToday.com ^ | December 26, 2017 | Headsman

[CheshireTheCat]

Egypt today hanged 15 Islamic militants convicted of a 2013 attack on an army checkpoint that killed nine.

Hanged in simultaneous mass executions at Borj al-Arab and Wadi al-Natroun prisons, the accused ISIS/ISIL fighters might have been selected to ornament Cairo’s public present-day crackdown on the Islamist movement and the restive Sinai, on the heels of a Bir al-Abed mosque attack last month that claimed more than 300 lives.

An attorney representing the hanged men claims that the execution was irregularly expedited a mere six days after the death warrants were approved, instead of the mandatory 15; if true, according to a statement today by the British human rights organization Reprieve, that would not far differ from the process that landed them in the executioner’s path to begin with...

[CheshireTheCat]

Even thought this did not happen all that long ago, I chose "History" as the topic for this post because the whole blog is a "This Day in History" type thing.

I remember Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi crying with joy shortly after President Trump won in 2016 because he believed he would now have a partner in his fight against radical elements in his country.

[humblegunner]

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Why? It's just a blog.

[Daveinyork]

Hang em high