Ahmad Isma'il 'Uthman Saleh (أحمد إسماعيل عثمان) was a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad who was living in Albania. He was one of 14 people subjected to extraordinary rendition by the CIA prior to the 2001 declaration of a War on Terror .[ 1] Returnees from Albania trial.[ 2]
He was ostensibly linked to the 1995 plot to blow up the Khan el-Khalili market , as well as the assassination of Speaker of Parliament Rifaat el-Mahgoub in October 1990.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
He had previously been sentenced to death in absentia [ 6] electroshock torture and beatings.[ 2]
Together with the other three Returnees brought from Tirana, his capture and torture were listed as the main reasons for the 1998 United States embassy bombings .[ 3]
Following the 1999 Returnees from Albania trial, he was executed in February 2000.
^ Mother Jones , Disappearing Act: Rendition by the Numbers Archived 2010-02-13 at the Wayback Machine , March 3, 2008^ a b Egyptian Organization For Human Rights, "The Returnees from Albania," April 1999.
^ a b Victoria Advocate , Bombings connect to mysterious arrests [permanent dead link ] ^ al-Ahram , Military trial for bombing suspects Archived 2009-09-11 at the Wayback Machine , November 5–11, 1998^ 24ur.com, Islamski skrajneži napovedali nove protiameriške napade , February 4, 1999
^ Human Rights Watch , Black Hole: The 1995 and 1998 Renditions
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