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Egypts President Morsi: I Will Do Everything in My Power to Secure Freedom For the Blind Sheikh
The Blaze ^ | Sept. 28, 2012 | Jason Howerton
Egypt’s Mohammed Morsi: I Will Do Everything in My Power to Secure Freedom for Blind Sheikh | TheBlaze.com
Like it or not Eygpt is what Iran was to Carter for Obama. This is going to be a serious thorn in our ass.
The Blaze ^ | Sept. 28, 2012 | Jason Howerton
Egypt’s Mohammed Morsi: I Will Do Everything in My Power to Secure Freedom for Blind Sheikh | TheBlaze.com
Just weeks after TheBlazes exclusive report that claimed the U.S. State Department was actively considering transferring Omar Abdel-Rahman, or the Blind Sheikh to Egypt, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi publicly called on the U.S. to allow the convicted terrorist to serve out the rest of his sentence at home in Egypt, state media reported on Thursday, according to AFP.
I will do everything in my power to secure freedom for detainees, including Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman, Morsi said.
What I want is to intervene for humanitarian reasons, not to interfere in a court ruling, Morsi reportedly told members of the Egyptian community in New York while he was in the U.S. for the UN General Assembly.
The Blind Sheikh was sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, plotting to bomb other New York sites and plotting to assassinate former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
We want his family to be allowed to visit him and to serve his sentence in Egypt as part of a prisoner swap between Egypt and the United States, Morsi said, according to the official MENA news agency
Like it or not Eygpt is what Iran was to Carter for Obama. This is going to be a serious thorn in our ass.