Egypt Re-Arrests Hizbullah 'Spy'
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربيةEgyptian security authorities on Monday detained a man suspected of spying for Hizbullah after he escaped detention during the January uprising, the official MENA agency said.
Hassan al-Manakhly, one of the 22-member Hizbullah cell, was arrested after making an appearance on a live talk show Sunday night in Cairo, MENA said.
Manakhly had been serving a 10-year jail sentence for spying for Hizbullah and "planning terrorist attacks inside Egypt".
Egyptian authorities announced on February 3 that the 22 members of the cell had escaped from a prison during the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak a week later.
Hizbullah, which has had strained ties with Egypt for decades, had praised Egyptians on their "historic victory" after Mubarak's ouster.
The Shiite group -- which opposes the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel -- sparked the ire of ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak in late 2008 by accusing him of complicity with Israel during the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Egyptian courts last year sentenced 26 people, four in absentia, for allegedly planning attacks in Egypt on behalf of Hizbullah.
Good! I am glad that this criminal will be thrown back in jail where he belongs with Mubarak and the rest of those that committed crimes on Egyptian soil
He made an appearance on a talk show!!! That shows the level of intelligence of their so called spies...
@mowaten
Is hassan al Manakhly your brother or something? You seem to share the same IQ!?