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EGYPT: AL AHRAM COMPARES U.S. PRISONER TREATMENT TO HITLER CONDUCT.(Brief Article)

IPR Strategic Business Information Database, February, 2002

An Egyptian newspaper's comparison of Hitler's treatment of Jews to the United States' treatment of al Qaeda prisoners jailed at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba is "outrageous", Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League said on Sunday, according to the Jerusalem Post. "In no way can the security measures taken by the US to ensure the safe transport of individuals taken prisoner because of their active participation in a terrorist organization be compared to Hitler's deliberate and systematic murder of millions of innocent Jewish men, women and children," he said.

"Unfortunately, there have been far too many instances where Egyptian newspapers print sensationalized commentary peppered with inappropriate or blatantly false comments about the...

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