Egypt

A court sentenced Abdel Hameed Othman to 50 years in prison after being convicted of assassinations of police and military personnel, and acts of terrorism. Othman was the spiritual leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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