Egypt: French salafists expelled after attack in Cairo

In a month, more than 20 alleged French extremists have been expelled from Egypt. “Twenty French extremist Muslims who have been arrested in connection with the terrorist attack in Cairo in February have been little by little expelled”, a speaker of the Egyptian security services has told,  under anonimity.

The attacked happened near Khan al-Khalili on Feb 22nd. A French citizen was killed and 24 others were wounded.

The government had announced, on May, that the members of the alleged cell resposible for the attack had been arrested. For the most part, the French had confessed their will to abandon the country, even if they weren’t condemned.

French consulat in Egypt has confirmed that “a certain number of French had been arrested among other foreigners” and that “they have been invited to abandon the country at their will and with no judicial procedure against them”.

via Une vingtaine de Français expulsés d’Egypte, Afrique – Information NouvelObs.com.

Now, we have to ask ourselves where these people have gone after been “invited to abandon the country”….

But that’s not the only thing here:

Several Europeans, involved in an Egypt-based terror cell affiliated with al-Qaeda, received training in Gaza by Palestinian Authority factions. The cell was plotting to bomb energy pipelines between Israel and Egypt, as well as to carry out surveillance of Israeli traffic through the Suez Canal. An Egyptian police investigation also revealed the flow of al-Qaeda funds from Gaza to Egypt.

According to a report by the Egyptian newspaper Al-Masri Al-Youm, an ongoing investigation into the February 22, 2009, bombing in the Al-Hussein Square in Cairo turned up startling evidence of al-Qaeda’s connections in Gaza and of the group’s operations in Egypt. Accused by police of perpetrating the attack at the popular tourist spot, which killed a French girl and injured two dozen others, are three Belgians, a man from France, another from the United Kingdom, two brothers from the PA and five Egyptians.

Several of the Europeans in the terror cell reportedly underwent arms and explosives training by Palestinian Authority factions in Gaza, where they also received funding. After making their way into Egypt and joining the Arab cell members, according to police, the group perpetrated the Cairo bombing and was planning to attack Israeli targets in Egypt.

via Europeans Affiliated With Al-Qaeda Were Trained by PA Factions – Defense/Middle East – Israel News – Israel National News.