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Egypt frees man mistakenly listed as al-Qaeda

Egypt's state news agency says authorities have released a former Egyptian jihadist who returned home to clear a case of mistaken identity that confused him with a senior al-Qaeda leader.

 

The name of Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi, who returned to Egypt from Pakistan on Wednesday, appears on the FBI list of most wanted terrorists as an alias for the senior al-Qaeda figure known as Saif al-Adel. He's an Egyptian indicted by the United States for his alleged role in the Aug. 7, 1998, bombings of US Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya that killed 224 people. Makkawi was cleared on Thursday and freed by Egypt's general prosecutor, who said Mekkawi is not wanted, MENA said. (AP)

 

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פרסום ראשון: 03.01.12, 22:51