Posted on 12/26/2020 11:35:52 AM PST by 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...
(Excerpt) Read more at executedtoday.com ...
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.
Why? It's just a blog.
Hang em high
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