Al Qaeda’s expansion into Egypt
Testimony to the House Committee on Homeland Security on al Qaeda’s network in Egypt and the threat it poses to the US
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Al Qaeda-linked jihadists helped incite 9/11 Cairo protest
A video released by Al Faroq media earlier this month shows four al Qaeda-linked jihadists inciting the US embassy protest in Cairo on Sept. 11. One of them is Rifai Ahmed Taha Musa, a Gamaa Islamiyya leader whose ties to senior al Qaeda leaders date to the 1990s.
Egyptian president wants ‘Blind Sheikh’ freed
During a speech in Tahrir Square, the new Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, called for Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman to be freed. Rahman is a longtime ally of al Qaeda and was convicted by a US court for his involvement in terrorist plots.