More than four decades before the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the seeds of militant Muslim extremism were being germinated in the torture chambers and prisons of Gamal Abdul Nasser s Egypt. The suffering, humiliation, imprisonment and torture endured by Egyptian Islamists under Nasser s rule created a burning rage and insatiable appetite for revenge. This anger would be directed at both the repressive Egyptian regime - which was directly responsible for their suffering - and the West, which was seen as an entity that was largely responsible for the grievous state of affairs in the...
More than four decades before the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the seeds of militant Muslim extremism were being germinated in the torture cha...
