Mahmoud Abouhalima (Abu Halima) (“The Red”) is forcibly rendered to the United States, the first known extraordinary rendition.
Abouhalima had been implicated as an accomplice in the assassination of Rabbi Meir Kahane in midtown Manhattan in November 1990 and was one of Ramzi Yousef’s assistants in the first bombing of the World Trade Center. Abouhalima fled to Egypt and was picked up by Egyptian authorities.
According to The Cell (p. 109): At the FBI’s request, the Egyptian intelligence service captured him and questioned him using some of the more indelicate techniques known to the trade. When they were finished, they notified the FBI that they could pick up their suspect… Abouhalima needed medical treatment upon his return. It seemed that during his interrogation in Egypt he had suffered second-degree burns to his testicles.”
Day: March 23, 2021