{"id":651925,"date":"2017-02-23T04:07:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T04:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/23\/blind-sheikh-returns-to-egypt\/"},"modified":"2017-02-23T04:07:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T04:07:15","slug":"blind-sheikh-returns-to-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/23\/blind-sheikh-returns-to-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Blind sheikh returns to Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Leading international <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/body-of-egypts-so-called-blind-sheikh-brought-home-from-us\/2017\/02\/22\/499993ac-f8ec-11e6-aa1e-5f735ee31334_story.html?utm_term=.fcdc9ce433a6\"><strong>news coverage<\/strong><\/a><strong> on Egypt this morning is the return of the body of convicted terrorist Omar Abdel-Rahman<\/strong> \u201cthe blind sheikh\u201d to Egypt, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-tradecenter-rahman-funeral-idUSKBN1612DO\">Reuters<\/a> reporting that thousands turned up to the terrorist\u2019s funeral. 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