Salah Nasr
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Salah Nasr(Arabic:صلاح الدين محمد نصر,IPA:[sˤɑˈlɑːħedˈdiːnmæˈħammædˈnɑsˤɾ]) (8 October 1920 – 5 March 1982) served as head of theEgyptian General Intelligence Directoratefrom 1957 to 1967.[1]He retired citing health reasons following Egypt's defeat in the 1967Six-Day War.He was succeeded byAmin Howeidiin the post.[2]
Nasr was arrested and tried soon after the end of his tenure as the head of general intelligence.[3]He was freed when he was granted release byAnwar Sadatin February 1974.[4]
In 1976, Nasr was again imprisoned after being accused by journalistMustafa Aminof torture after an arrest 11 years prior.[4]
References
[edit]- ^Joseph W. Wippl (2019). "Book review".International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence.32(2): 432.doi:10.1080/08850607.2019.1565879.
- ^Gamal Nkrumah (5–11 November 2009)."Obituary Amin Howeidi (1921-2009) Vexed, not villainous".Al-Ahram Weekly.Vol. 971. Archived fromthe originalon 11 November 2009.
- ^Youssef Aboul-Enein (July–August 2006)."Spymaster: former Egyptian intelligence chief discusses psychological warfare".Infantry.Vol. 95, no. 4.
- ^abHenry Tanner (27 June 1976)."Ex-Cairo Official Is Given 10 Years".The New York Times.Retrieved12 February2022.
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