More al Qaeda links to Cairo terror cell reportedly found

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Long War Journal:

Thomas Joscelyn

11/9/12

 

The Egyptian investigation into the Nasr City terrorist cell has revealed more links to al Qaeda and Libya, according to recent Arabic press reports.

 

Security forces first raided an apartment building in the Nasr City neighborhood of Cairo on Oct. 24. A firefight ensued, and the building was set on fire after one of the suspects detonated a bomb, perhaps accidentally. Egyptian officials say that the building housed a terrorist cell that has ties to the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, as well as plots elsewhere.

 

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Egyptian officials say they have now identified a new leader of the cell named Sami Maghraby, also known as Abu Basir. Al-Masry Al-Youm reports that he "is said to be close to al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri."

 

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