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Egyptian wait for the release of Abbud al-Zomor and his cousin Tareq, members of Egypt's Islamic Jihad, from Tura jail, in Hilwan on the outskirts of Cairo, on March 12, 2011, after Egypt's new military rulers ordered th...

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Egyptian wait for the release of Abbud al-Zomor and his cousin Tareq, members of Egypt's Islamic Jihad, from Tura jail, in Hilwan on the outskirts of Cairo, on March 12, 2011, after Egypt's new military rulers ordered the release of the two Islamist prisoners jailed over the 1981 assassination of president Anwar Sadat. The two were among 69 political prisoners freed on the orders of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which took power in Egypt after veteran president Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down by a popular uprising... Photo by Ahmed Asad

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Ahmed Asad
Credit
© APA Images / Ahmed Asad
APA ID
APA-PH-2011-006211
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3,990 × 2,656 px · 10.6 MP
Location
Egypt Cairo

People

Hosni Mubarak

Topics

Politics Government Islamic Jihad

Keywords

egypt cairo president egyptian uprising abbud tareq zomor islamic jihad tura jail hilwan military rulers armed forces anwar sadat

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