Posted on 02/10/2013 2:29:38 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
Egyptian prosecutors have uncovered a treasure trove of information in the so-called "Nasr City Cell" case, including correspondence between the terrorist who headed that cell and al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri. The Nasr City cell allegedly plotted various attacks inside Egypt and has connections to the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.
One of the two terrorists who led the Nasr City cell is Muhammad Jamal al Kashef (a.k.a. Abu Ahmad), who served Zawahiri in the Egyptian Islamic Jihad in the 1990s.
A computer recovered during a raid on an apartment in the Nasr City neighborhood of Cairo on Oct. 24, 2012 includes correspondence between Jamal and Zawahiri. Two such letters were discussed in the Egyptian press last week. The revelation is important for many reasons. For instance, Jamal's trainees reportedly participated in the Benghazi attack, which left four Americans, including a US Ambassador, dead.
The letters do not deal with the assault in Benghazi. They were written beforehand and summarize Jamal's various nefarious activities, including inside Libya. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at longwarjournal.org ...
Why is Ayman al-Zawahiri still breathing?
Why is Ayman al-Zawahiri still breathing?
Why is Ayman al-Zawahiri still breathing?
I don't know but in some ways he's more dangerous than Bin Laden. Bin Laden was focused on spectacular attacks like 9/11 while Zawahiri urges an expanding AQ to attack any available target.
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