Mohamed Hassan Tita 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]
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.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
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 .[ 2]
References
^ Mother Jones , Disappearing Act: Rendition by the Numbers , March 3, 2008^ 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
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