Editing Omar Abdel-Rahman (section)

==Efforts for release==
In a speech to supporters in Cairo's Tahrir Square on 30 June 2012, [[Mohamed Morsi]] briefly mentioned that he would work to free Omar Abdel-Rahman, along with other Egyptians who were arrested during the revolution.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/egypt-s-morsi-at-tahrir-square-power-of-the-people-is-above-all-1.447794 "Egypt's Morsi at Tahrir Square: Power of the people is above all"] ''Haaretz'', 30 June 2012.</ref> A Brotherhood spokesperson later said that the [[extradition]] was for [[Humanitarianism|humanitarian]] reasons and that Morsi didn't intend to overturn Abdel-Rahman's criminal convictions.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/world/middleeast/morsi-promises-to-work-for-release-of-omar-abdel-rahman.html "Morsi Says He Will Work for Release of Sheik Jailed in U.S."] ''The New York Times'', 29 June 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-leader-mohammed-morsi-vows-to-free-omar-abdel-rahman-infamous-blind-sheik-jailed-in-us/ |title= Egypt leader Mohammed Morsi vows to free Omar Abdel-Rahman, infamous blind sheik jailed in U.S. |date=29 June 2012 |publisher=CBS News |access-date=16 March 2023}} Free, no subscription required</ref>

During the 2013 [[In Aménas hostage crisis]], a [[Mauritania]]n news organization reported that the kidnappers had offered to swap American hostages in Algeria for the release of Abdel-Rahman and [[Aafia Siddiqui]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sahara-crisis-demands-idUSBRE90H0RG20130118 |title=Desert kidnappers offer to swap U.S. hostages for jailed militants |date=18 January 2013 |work=Reuters}}</ref> US State Department spokeswoman [[Victoria Nuland]] stated that the United States would not negotiate with the terrorists.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/18/american-still-missing-as-us-plane-lands-in-algeria-to-aid-in-evacuation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118151044/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/18/american-still-missing-as-us-plane-lands-in-algeria-to-aid-in-evacuation/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 January 2013 |publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=18 January 2013 |title=State Department: US won't negotiate with terrorists still holding US hostages in Algeria}}</ref>