Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice Party deputy chief : We Have No Representatives in Parliamentary Delegation Currently in U.S.!

Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice Party deputy chief : We Have No Representatives in Parliamentary Delegation Currently in U.S.!(IW).Dr. Essam El-Erian, Vice-Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), affirmed that the FJP has nothing to do with a partisan delegation that traveled to the United States recently. In a statement to Freedom and Justice newspaper, Erian assured that the FJP did not participate or send any of its members in the visit, pointing out that the delegation speaks for itself and for its members, reiterating that the FJP has absolutely nothing to do with the delegation or the visit. 


Hmmmmm.......On Wednesday, the U.S.-Egypt Business Council hosted a meeting and luncheon at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which included an Egyptian parliamentarian delegation led by Mohamed Anwar El Sadat, President of the Reform and Development Party in Egypt. Other Egyptian Parliamentary leaders represented at the event included theConstruction and Development Party, the Freedom and Justice Party and the Social Democratic Party. Despite their varying political perspectives, the delegates ensured the meetings attendees that the interest of the nation precedes that of party politics.


Via the Daily Beast:

It was supposed to be a routine meeting for Egyptian legislators in Washington, an opportunity for senior Obama administration officials to meet with new members of Egypt’s parliament and exchange ideas on the future of relations between the two countries.Instead, the visit this week looks like it’s turning into a political fiasco. Included in the delegation of Egyptian lawmakers was Hani Nour Eldin, who, in addition to being a newly elected member of parliament, is a member of the Gamaa Islamiya, or the Egyptian Islamic Group—a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. The group was banned under former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, and is now a recognized Islamist political party. Its spiritual leader, Omar Abdel Rahman—also known as the “blind sheik”—was convicted in 1995 of plotting attacks on New York City landmarks and transportation centers, and is serving a life sentence in a North Carolina federal prison.In his meetings with senior Obama administration officials, Eldin says, he asked Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough about transferring Abdel-Rahman to an Egyptian prison. He said his request was declined. “When I raised this issue in the White House I was told it was not in their authority and all judicial issues relating to sentences must be discussed with the Department of Justice,” he says. Transferring Abdel-Rahman, says Eldin, “would be a gift to the revolution.” McDonough didn’t reply to requests for comment made Thursday afternoon.In addition to being convicted of planning the 1993 World Trade Center attack, Abdel-Rahman is also a cause celebre for radical Islamic fundamentalists, including al Qaeda, who have at times demanded his release.