Al-Turabi arrives in Egypt after protracted animosity
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July 20, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s veteran Islamist Hassan Al-Turabi
unexpectedly arrived Wednesday in Cairo, ending a 16-year ban on his
entry to Egyptian territories.
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Sudan’s Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi smiles in his home
after his release from jail in Khartoum May 2, 2011 (Reuters Pictures)
Al-Turabi, in his late seventies, has been banned from entering Egypt
by its former government which accused him of being involved in the
planning of an assassination attempt on ousted Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak in Addis Ababa in 1995.
The attempt almost triggered an all-out war between the two countries
but Al-Turabi, following his fallout with president Al-Bashir in 1999,
denied any involvement in the assassination attempt, accusing
officials within Al-Bashir’s inner circle of planning it.
President Mubarak was unseated in February after 18 days of
demonstrations against his 21-year rule.
Al-Turabi, who was the former ideologue of the Sudanese regime, was
flanked by his exiled deputy Ali Al-Haj when he arrived at Cairo
airport. The ally-turned-opposition leader was late to come out of the
airport for two hours due to an unannounced meeting between him and
Egyptian intelligence officials.
Sources close to Al-Turabi told Sudan Tribune that the Egyptian
officials were trying to ascertain the purpose of Al-Turabi’s visit
and his plans.
Al-Turabi is due to hold a series of meetings with leaders of Egyptian
political parties and candidates for the presidential elections. He is
due to meet on Thursday with the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood
Abdul Mon’im Abu Al-Futuh and Muhammad Al-Barad’I respectively.
He is also scheduled to meet Aiman Nur and former Arab League
Secretary-General Amru Musa. He is also expected to give a lecture at
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.
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