Egypt’s Ability to Obtain Sheik Tied to Bomb Case Rests on 1874 Extradition Treaty

The immediate plight of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the Islamic cleric who was arrested in connection with the World Trade Center bombing, will depend on the disposition of the Egyptian extradition request. The request, which was made on July 3, is based on an 1874 extradition treaty, signed in Constantinople, by the Administration of Ulysses S. Grant and the Ottoman Empire…[more]