Almost all terrorists escaped from Egyptian prison

JERUSALEM – The vast majority of Islamic terrorists who were being held inside Egypt's prisons have escaped in recent weeks, WND has learned.

The information raises the prospect of further instability in Egypt, in particular in the region of the Suez Canal, which carries about 8 percent of global seaborne trade.

According to information obtained by WND from Egyptian security officials, out of hundreds of jailed terrorists, only nine Islamic terrorists currently remain in any Egyptian prison.

Those terrorists include two from the Palestinian Islamic jihad; one Hezbollah militant; one member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the declared military wing of Fatah; and three members of Jihadiya Salhafiya, which is an Islamic group allied with al-Qaida.

The jailed terrorists include three recaptured Palestinians who had escaped from prison and who were part of a larger cell suspected of planning attacks against tourist sites and economic targets, including the Suez Canal.

WND reported those three were recaptured earlier this week.

Seven more members of the cell, including gunmen from Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, are at large after escaping from prison amid the recent riots in Egypt targeting the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, the intelligence official said.

WND

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