Releasing the Blind Sheikh?

It is too early to tell, but not too early to be very worried.

Andrew C. McCarthy National Review Online 3/1/2012

The Arabic-language newspaper al-Arabiya reported on Tuesday that the Obama administration has offered to release Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman to Egypt. Abdel Rahman is the infamous “Blind Sheikh” who was convicted in 1995 for […]

The Egyptian Hostage Crisis: 1979 Revisited?

Joel B. Pollak Big Peace 2/20/2012

In the midst of Egypt’s supposed transition to democracy, nineteen Americans will face trial for promoting democracy. They are being prevented from leaving Egypt, and 14 of them are described by Egyptian authorities as “fugitives.”

A more accurate term would be “hostages,” and though the U.S. government is warning […]

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