CIA “kidnap victim” eyes political career in Egypt
An Egyptian cleric who says he was kidnapped by the CIA is considering a political career in his home country.
Tuesday, 26.06.2007.
16:51
CIA “kidnap victim” eyes political career in Egypt
The U.S. citizens on trial include the CIA station chief in Milan and the head of the agency's Rome office."I wasn't anybody. Today I'm famous—Al Jazeera, the satellite television stations, the Arab media," Nasr said.
"I've become a national champion, a symbol of the resistance to America's excessive power. The people and the Muslims, the Muslim Brotherhood, have given me their support."
The Muslim Brotherhood is Egypt's strongest opposition force, but it failed to win any seats in June elections for Egypt's upper house of parliament in an election that observers said was seriously flawed.
The Islamist group holds roughly a fifth of the seats in the more influential lower house.
Nasr faces an arrest order in Italy on suspicion of terrorist activity. He was under investigation in February 2003, when prosecutors say a CIA-led team grabbed him off a Milan street, bundled him into a van and flew him to Egypt.
There, Nasr says he was tortured under interrogation with electric shocks, beatings and genital abuse. He was freed in February and is still living in Egypt.
In the interview, Nasr said al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden "has money but little brains."
"With money he created al-Qaeda, he grouped together all of the mujahideen but it was a catastrophe for the Muslims," he said, pointing to the situation in Afghanistan and Iraq.
He said his heroes included Cuban revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and compared women to jewelry "to be protected" instead of working in politics.
Asked about his political platform as a candidate, Nasr said he would focus on international relations.
"I know the West. I lived in Italy. The Egyptians know I am an enemy of the United States. The Muslims respect me and dialogue with me," he said.
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