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
[edit]- ^ Mother Jones, Disappearing Act: Rendition by the Numbers, March 3, 2008
- ^ a b Victoria Advocate, Bombings connect to mysterious arrests[permanent dead link], August 13, 1998
- ^ 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