Qasim , who had been tried and convicted '' in absentia '' by a military tribunal in 1992 , was then apparently executed by the Egyptian government , allegedly after torture . The Egyptian government refused to acknowledge the detention and execution . According to Human Rights Watch , Qasim 's was the first case of " extraordinary rendition " ; predating by six years the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington
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Tal'at Fu'ad Qasim