Weekly Eye Part II
Cleared + Not Released = Not Quite Cleared. Ritzy Sherlock is back on the Al-Nashar track. “Egypt clears chemist of terrorist links.” - The Weekly’s headline ticked me off. Nashar is in custody. Until freed he is anything but cleared. Why is he hot? Because the same bomb-making substances that were used in the 7/7 attacks where also found in a flat that Al-Nashar helped Husain-the-bomber to lease. Incidentally, the flat belongs to an Iraqi doctor. Unless the doctor left some nasty chemicals used in his work that also makes good bombs, Al-Nashar is in trouble. In cases of terrorism, guilt by association is often defaulted to a verdict, even without a court or judges. That is why Egypt’s prisons are bulging. Fortunately, the extradition-door to Gitmo is officially closed, ever since nasty images of hooded Arab combaters on top of each other surfaced.
The intriguing question is what the Dr. in bio-chemistry had in common with the terrorist. Perhaps Al-Nashar’s only crime was to mix with the bad guys. But what a story: The expert and the executer, two Arabs found each other in London. One blew himself up and is currently counting 72 raisins in the martyrs’ heaven. The other is risking a life in prison, picking scorpions from his back until God is calling for his return. Would this story receive a happy ending, El-Nashar’s bad luck-turned-good luck would be a modern day 1001 Nighter.
When London rocked, Al-Nashar was already in Cairo. He did not hide. His flat in Leeds is awaiting his return. If Nashar is a terrorist, he is also the coolest cat on the block. Or: perhaps he was just outsmarted by the Scotland Yard who rapidly retrieved his contact details from Husain’s PDA and put one and one together. The doctor obviously has brains, but intelligence doesn’t make anyone smart. To the contrary, the most intelligent folks are often outrageously stupid, but in an intelligent and sometimes treacherous way. Perhaps Al-Nashar was outwitted, lofty, overly exited, convinced, encouraged, persuaded, converted, manipulated, or controlled. Maybe he really thought he had a great plan and would get away with it. Is it possible that his worst case scenario was to be interrogated and then set free?
If wishes can help Magdi Al-Nashar, I will wish him free every day. Walking free is when his name is cleared. Not before. Not at all.
The intriguing question is what the Dr. in bio-chemistry had in common with the terrorist. Perhaps Al-Nashar’s only crime was to mix with the bad guys. But what a story: The expert and the executer, two Arabs found each other in London. One blew himself up and is currently counting 72 raisins in the martyrs’ heaven. The other is risking a life in prison, picking scorpions from his back until God is calling for his return. Would this story receive a happy ending, El-Nashar’s bad luck-turned-good luck would be a modern day 1001 Nighter.
When London rocked, Al-Nashar was already in Cairo. He did not hide. His flat in Leeds is awaiting his return. If Nashar is a terrorist, he is also the coolest cat on the block. Or: perhaps he was just outsmarted by the Scotland Yard who rapidly retrieved his contact details from Husain’s PDA and put one and one together. The doctor obviously has brains, but intelligence doesn’t make anyone smart. To the contrary, the most intelligent folks are often outrageously stupid, but in an intelligent and sometimes treacherous way. Perhaps Al-Nashar was outwitted, lofty, overly exited, convinced, encouraged, persuaded, converted, manipulated, or controlled. Maybe he really thought he had a great plan and would get away with it. Is it possible that his worst case scenario was to be interrogated and then set free?
If wishes can help Magdi Al-Nashar, I will wish him free every day. Walking free is when his name is cleared. Not before. Not at all.
posted by ritzy @ 9:09 pm
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