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To: Constant Reader who wrote (2223)	7/25/2005 2:45:45 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541008

It during this time that Zawahiri claims he was tortured: He was one of hundreds arrested following the assassination of Anwar Sadat, but the Egyptian government was unable to prove any connection between al-Zawahiri and the crime and he was released after serving jail time for illegal arms possession. en.wikipedia.org

To: Constant Reader who wrote (2223)	7/25/2005 3:10:34 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541008

Any Muslim government that doesn't meet Al Qaeda's standard for supporting their radical view of Islam is probably fair game. I don't know much about the governments in those three countries except that they are not notoriously conservative or strident Muslims, so my guess is they fall in the moderate camp that Al Qaeda would like to destabilize or, at least, keep off balance. Do you know specifically why they were attacked?