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Outrage builds as Egypt presses for release of blind sheik behind '93 WTC attack (July 2012)
FoxNews.com ^ | July 03, 2012 | Perry Chiaramonte

Posted on 09/15/2012 5:54:27 AM PDT by combat_boots

Egypt's new government is sparking growing outrage in the U.S. for its attempts to win the release of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind cleric behind the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. In Cairo, President-elect Mohamed Morsi proclaimed to hundreds of thousands of supporters in Tahir Square on Friday that he will gain the release of Rahman, who is in a federal prison in North Carolina after having been convicted of masterminding the bombing that killed six and unsuccessfully plotting to blow up other landmarks, including the United Nations. Although a U.S. official told FoxNews.com the sheik will never be freed, the fact that Egypt's newly-installed Muslim Brotherhood government is asking has top elected officials here seething. “It’s disgusting for a head of government to state in his inaugural speech that a man who attempted to commit mass murder should be freed,” Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., told FoxNews.com. “The fact that he said this in his first speech says to me that this is from the heart, and the Muslim Brotherhood has been trying to convince us that they have changed. “We need to be more on guard than ever,” King added. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., weighed in, calling Morsi's speech "an insult." “President Morsi’s offensive statements are an insult to the memories of the victims of the World Trade Center bombing. ... Rest assured, (Rahman) will stay right where he belongs – in jail for the rest of his life,” Schumer said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; blindsheik; islam; us; wot
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To: bubman
Good idea but how about if we don't send one more dollar of aid to any of these muslim countries? EVER!
21 posted on 09/15/2012 6:42:17 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: combat_boots

“...and unsuccessfully plotting to blow up other landmarks, including the United Nations.”

Hmmm ...


22 posted on 09/15/2012 6:48:32 AM PDT by Dartman
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To: TurboZamboni
The blind sheik could have an accident with stairs, several times......hey he's blind!
23 posted on 09/15/2012 6:52:13 AM PDT by Reily (l)
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To: ilovesarah2012

What are the odds he is released?


Clinton? Holder? Terrorists? Yeah, they’ll be released just like the 15 FALN members were towards the end of BJ’s 2nd term.


24 posted on 09/15/2012 6:57:54 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (Resurrect the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)...before there is no America!)
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To: combat_boots

Barry will release him just to show what swell people Americans are.


25 posted on 09/15/2012 6:57:54 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("OF COURSE I TALK TO MYSELF - Sometimes I need an expert opinion")
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To: ilovesarah2012

I would release him...... A little piece at a time...


26 posted on 09/15/2012 7:00:08 AM PDT by baddog 219
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To: baddog 219
I would release him...... A little piece at a time...

....individually wrapped in bacon...

27 posted on 09/15/2012 7:31:07 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: baddog 219

"Where's the blind sheikh?"

"I released him."

28 posted on 09/15/2012 7:35:37 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: combat_boots

Release him? The pig fornicating bastard should have been hung in 1994.


29 posted on 09/15/2012 7:46:25 AM PDT by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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To: combat_boots

Release him! From 15,000 ft. over Cairo - no parachute.


30 posted on 09/15/2012 8:05:02 AM PDT by Flag_This (Real presidents don't bow.)
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To: combat_boots

If Morsi keeps making these stupid demands, I’d make a point of taking the blind goatviolator out and shooting him. Then fly a plane over Morsi’s residence and dump the body on the grounds. “Here’s your sheik” we could then announce to Morsi. Just before we drop a bomb on him.


31 posted on 09/15/2012 8:12:04 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: combat_boots

Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman should have been executed. At this point the only thing to release is his rotting carcass.


32 posted on 09/15/2012 9:04:48 AM PDT by CORedneck
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To: combat_boots

I think it’s time for the blind sheik to be executed for his part in killing Americans. And it needs to be public.


33 posted on 09/15/2012 9:26:29 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: circlecity

Agreed. And all prisoners from GITMO will be released I say we launch them EAST from GITMO...toward Mecca.


34 posted on 09/15/2012 11:00:36 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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