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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 .
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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]
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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 .
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References
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Mother Jones ,
Disappearing Act: Rendition by the Numbers , March 3, 2008
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b
Victoria Advocate ,
Bombings connect to mysterious arrests [
permanent dead link ] , August 13, 1998
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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
al-Zawahiri ran AJ from 1991 until 2001, when it merged with
al-Qaeda
Vanguards of Conquest Core of al-Jihad Killed in operations Alleged members of al-Jihad