to support the Algerian GIA in media communiques. He was arrested on July 2, 1998, as he stepped off the plane in Cairo, having been deported from Albania with the help of the CIA. His wife was also arrested. He was tried in the 1999 Returnees from Albania trial at which he was defended by Montasser el-Zayat. He was tortured for nine months; locked in a room with water up to his knees 24 hours a day. When taken to SSI headquarters in Lazughli Square and questioned by Captain Yasir Azzulddin, his hands and feet were tied, as interrogators applied electric shocks to his nipples and penis. Under torture, al-Naggar admitted that al-Jihad had acquired anthrax from an unnamed East Asian country for $3,695. He later claimed his confessions were only a result of this torture. He was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment. In November, he was transferred to Tora Prison, where Amnesty noted he was at less risk of torture or sudden execution. Together with the other three returnees brought from Tirana, his capture and torture were listed as the main reasons for the 1998 United States embassy bombings. He was hanged on February 23, 2000, at al-Isti'naf prison, due to the earlier death sentence levied against him. References Year of birth missing 2000 deaths People executed by Egypt by hanging Egyptian Islamic Jihad Egyptian torture victims People subject to extraordinary rendition by the United States People imprisoned on charges of terrorism Executed Egyptian people 20th-century executions by Egypt