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July 17, 2005
Egyptians Won't Hand Over Chemist
Topics: TerrorismThis can't be true!
An update on this story and this one from Fox News
CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt is not prepared to hand over to Britain a biochemist detained in connection with the London bombings, security officials said Saturday as British investigators attended interrogation sessions.
Magdy Mahmoud Mustafa el-Nashar, 33, was arrested on Thursday in Cairo after British officials supplied his name to Egyptian authorities. British investigators in the northern town of Leeds reportedly found traces of explosives in the bathtub in his apartment.An Egyptian security official, speaking on condition of anonymity because a final decision has not yet been made, said interrogating el-Nashar was a matter of "sovereignty" and would be carried out on Egyptian soil.
The investigation was ongoing, the official said, adding that there was not enough evidence to prove el-Nashar was involved in the attacks.
One problem, he accidentally left the explosives in the bathtub while he stepped off to Egypt to see the pyramids and somebody came in and stole them, then used them to blow up London. Could have happened to anybody.
But on the other hand, could be...
Hat tip - Robert Spencer's Jihad Watch
Posted by Hyscience at July 17, 2005 1:58 AM
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