Egypt Frees Hundreds of Terrorists
Charles Johnson
Wed Apr 12, 2006 at 9:10 am PDT • Views: 172
Egypt has freed from prison nearly a thousand members of the Islamic supremacist group Gamaa Islamiya, infamous for slaughtering 58 Western tourists at Luxor in 1997: Egypt frees hundreds of militants. (Hat tip: Ringo.)
Egypt has released about 900 members of the militant group Gamaa Islamiya, the interior ministry has said.
It said the releases took place over the last 10 days and one of the founders of the group, Najeh Ibrahim, was among those freed.
Frank says: