Throw this in the column of “Surprise!… not”
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.
Hani Hour Eldin — a member of Egypt’s parliament, as well as a member of the State Department-recognized terrorist organization Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya — recently traveled to Washington to press the case for Rahman’s release but apparently was rebuffed. When asked for comment on Cairo’s push for Rahman’s release, State Department officials referred FoxNews.com to a prior statement by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in which she said Rahman guilty verdict and life sentence were “correct” and that the evidence was”clear and convincing.”
Talk of releasing Rahman is “a non-issue and it’s not going to happen,” said one U.S. official who asked not to be identified.
At one point, in his Arabic speech Mohamed Morsi referred to Obama as his assistant in his work of getting Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman released.
We must remember how the ploys worked when the Lockerbie bomber was released.
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He’s sick!
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He’s blind!
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He’s old!
And oh, yeah, oil will be held hostage, too.
Obama INVITED this terrorist Hani Hour Eldin (now a member of Egypt’s rulers) into the White House.
We all know Obama knows how to keep a secret.
Look for wheels within wheels on this.
Somehow ( a presidential pardon, perhaps?) Obama will free the blind sheik.
The MB’s Huma infiltrated the Clinton white house and has stayed close to power ever since. I am convinced that nothing would please the current regime in DC more than the middle east unified by radical islam (sorry if that’s redundant).
The Obama regime either think in their twisted minds that this would somehow make it simpler to deal with. Or simply believe islam is inevitable based on birth rates and want to remain politically viable.
Obama being born muslim is an undeniable fact, which make s one wonder why there are no calls for his death from any mullahs since that’s the proscribed treatment for those who leave the cult. So, it’s possible that he really wants the muslims to win purely based on ideology. But Hillary’s motivation has to be pure politics or something of a more. . . personal desire concerning Huma