In a communiqué, the Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya organization called on its supporters not to undertake any armed operation aimed at freeing Sheikh Omar Abd Al-Rahman.
The communiqué followed official warnings in North Carolina and Minnesota about attacks to be carried out by extremists with the aim of freeing the sheikh. The warnings came in the wake of calls for attacks that appeared on Islamist websites.
The communiqué stated that any violent activity would make it harder to resolve the problem.
Al-Rahman, the "blind sheikh," is imprisoned in the U.S. for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Source: Egyig.com, November 22, 2008; Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, November 24, 2008
