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US State Dept. Considers Releasing Blind Sheikh to Egypt
Breitbart - Big Peace ^ | 9/18/12 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 09/19/2012 10:55:26 AM PDT by jmstein7

The US State Department is actively negotiating with Egyptian President Morsi's government about transferring Omar Abdel-Rahman from US custody to Egyptian custody.

Rahman, also known as "the Blind Sheikh," is currently serving a life sentence in the US for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. But Egypt is pushing for his release for "humanitarian and health" reasons.

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Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy believes the deal to release Rahman has already been reached by the administration, and they are just waiting until after the election to announce it. McCarthy believes this is why the DOJ so strongly ruled out Rahman's "release" but said nothing against his "transfer."

McCarthy was lead prosecutor in Rahman's case.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


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