- Ihab Saqr
A member of
Al-Jihad , Ihab Saqr was believed to have coordinated the bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad and a high-priority target for the CIA when he was captured inBaku, Azerbaijan . [Ross, Michael. "The Volunteer: The Incredible True Story of an Israeli Spy on the Trail of International Terrorists", 2007. pp. 215-218]Arrest
In August, three weeks after the
1998 United States embassy bombings , awiretap ped phonecall tipped off the IsraeliMossad that a rendez-vous between Saqr and an IranianMOIS official was planned inBaku, Azerbaijan . Without a bureau in Azerbaijan, they contacted the AmericanCIA , who allowed a Canadian-raised Mossad agent to unofficially tag along as seven or eight CIA officers based inFrankfurt oversaw a local police raid on the Baku hotelroom.Bell, Stewart.National Post , "Mossad's Canuck gets his man", October 15, 2005]When the Azeri police received confirmation that Saqr was in his hotelroom drinking coffee with others, they stormed the room grabbing all three people they found present and brought them still barefoot to the police station. It was now realised that the Iranian official hadn't yet shown up, and they had instead arrested Saqr, as well as
Ahmad Salama Mabruk andEssam Marzouk . [Ross, Michael and Jonathan Kay. "The Volunteer: The Incredible True Story of an Israeli Spy on the Trail of International Terrorists", 2007. pp 214-224] They were brought to the police station, where the Mossad agent says the police "beat the crap out of them".Saqr was handed over to Egypt, [Dawoud, Khaled.
Al-Ahram , [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/422/eg8.htm Trials and extraditions] , March 25-31 1999] but wasn't tried in theReturnees from Albania trial like the other two; but was instead represented by attorney Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Maksoud in his own trial. [Halawi, Jailan.Al-Ahram , [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/432/eg15.htm Pre-emptive strike against Jihad] , June 2-9 1999]References
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