that the U.S. is engaged in a frustrating effort to return released Egyptian terrorists to jail:
The U.S. list of Egyptian terrorists thought to be at large includes Rifa Ahmed Taha, also known as Abu Yasser. He was one of the original signatories of Osama bin Laden's declaration of war against the United States and, until his 2001 rendition and detention in Egypt, was considered a senior leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group.
Also on the list is Mohammed Omar Abdel-Rahman, the son of the man known as the "Blind Sheik," or Omar Abdel-Rahman, who is serving a life sentence in a federal prison for plotting bombings of New York City tunnels in the 1990s.
Also on the list are Shawky Salama Mostafa and Mohammed Hassan Mahmoud, who are connected to al Qaeda and were captured by U.S. forces in 1998 in Albania but sent to Egypt for trial. Many other members of that cell from the 1990s in Albania are at large.
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Well, that's what we see time and again; people letting down their guard, once they make their first gains for their demands, thinking that the fight is over. The old Egyptian establishment is also still at large, albeit sans Mubarak.
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