Egypt captures Benghazi attacker — who’s directly tied to Al Qaeda
After his release from prison in 2011, Kashef established training camps in Egypt and Libya. Some of Kashef’s trainees took part in the Benghazi attack, according to multiple reports.
Kashef is the most senior terrorist detained in connection with the Benghazi attack to date. Importantly, the publicly-available details of his biography show that he has numerous al Qaeda connections.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Kashef “petitioned al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri to establish a new Qaeda affiliate he called al Qaeda in Egypt” and also received financing from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Al Hayat, a London-based Arabic newspaper, previously reported that Zawahiri gave Jamal the go-ahead to launch terrorist attacks in Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere.
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Did he make a movie?
davidk on December 8, 2012 at 10:12 AM
10,000 bucks says he is an Egyptian-American amateur filmmaker residing in Southern California.
steebo77 on December 8, 2012 at 10:14 AM
What job did Morsi give him in the government?
ThePrez on December 8, 2012 at 10:14 AM
Wanna bet he’ll be swapped for the blind sheikh? And next year this goon will be swapped for someone else so he won’t spend more than 12 months in custody.
honsy on December 8, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Come on WS, all the questions on Benghazi have already been answered. Get with the program.
BKeyser on December 8, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Hmmmm, this is interesting. You would think that Egypt would have its hands full with its own problems lately.
Cindy Munford on December 8, 2012 at 10:53 AM
But the important question remains: Did he produce a video trailer insulting to Mohammed?
And how are we to “reciprocate” the detaining of Kashef?
Isn’t AlQaeda an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, the jihadist auxiliary so to speak?
onlineanalyst on December 8, 2012 at 11:01 AM
I believe that administration has labeled the Muslim Brotherhood as moderates.
Cindy Munford on December 8, 2012 at 11:04 AM
And the administration has claimed that AlQaeda is “down at its heels” and “on the run.” (Like a runny egg, it is spreading its yolk all over the ME and Africa, but let’s not be so critical.)
onlineanalyst on December 8, 2012 at 11:12 AM
He’s just an out-of-favor fall guy Morsi can trade to Obama’s Ministry of Propaganda for a few Billion$ more. Maybe have the show trial in Manhattan too. Wouldn’t that be great?
Harbingeing on December 8, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Where’s that clip of Joe Klein arguing with Scarborough about how there was definitely NO Al Queda involvement? Hmmmmm…..
joncoltonis on December 8, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Yep, I hear the economy is poised for take off also. So much good news, it’s hard to digest. Or believe.
Cindy Munford on December 8, 2012 at 11:44 AM
“Poised to take off” like Preezy’s plane to Choom Island for three weeks. It’s good to be king.
onlineanalyst on December 8, 2012 at 11:47 AM
its wannabe al-quaeda. kinda like someone who wants to be a crip
renalin on December 8, 2012 at 11:57 AM
So, now Morsi can be a ‘good’ dictator?
Obama and Morsi are both dictator lovers and dic tators.
Schadenfreude on December 8, 2012 at 12:08 PM
al-Qaeda #1 and Muslim Brotherhood emeritus Zawahiri released a video the day before the Benghazi attack exhorting his minions to avenge the June 4th drone killing of his top commander, Abu Yahya al-Libi (“the Libyan”). So, of course, clods Obama, Hillary, Rice and their minions insisted the attack was due to a youtube clip.
Christien on December 8, 2012 at 1:24 PM