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- October 7, 2008
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MP questions Egyptian commandoes’ role in rescuing desert hostages

Hassan, a Muslim Brotherhood MP, challenges reports that a rescue operation had been carried out by security forces and claims that the kidnappers released the hostages voluntarily.
Official sources were quoted by state-run media as saying that the hostages, who were snatched by armed bandits in a remote location on the border with
Defense Minister Hussein Tantawi was quoted by MENA news agency as saying that “half of the kidnappers were eliminated” in the raid.
The European tourists and their Egyptian drivers and tour guides told a different story. Whether interviewed in
Hassan said that “announcing false information” is nothing new to the government who has a long history of doing so.
“It happened during the 1967 war when the Egyptian media was forced to report false information to the public about the troops” victory while in fact
However, Mahmoud Amer, another Brotherhood MP, told Daily News
Amer, who is also a member of the PA’s committee of defense and national security, explained that the rescue operation was carried out discreetly and did not receive excessive media attention for the hostages” safety, and that left the public with a lot of questions surrounding the issue.
However, Amer does not see the connection between the rescue operation and the Ministry of Defense, explaining that the issue comes under the Ministry of Interior”s jurisdiction.