The infamous General Ahmad Raafat, who went by the names Mostafa Refaat, Murad, el-Hagg, was in charge of State Security Police “Counter-Islamic Extremism” operations. He was one of the central figures in the 1990s dirty war and engineered the “revisions” by which the Gamaa Ismaliya stopped its operations and renounced violence. He was accused by several detainees of supervising their torture personally. The general died last year of a heart attack in his office.

I found on the SS DVDs a couple of personal profile pictures of him, as well as some pictures from a wedding involving a family member. Among the guests invited were SS senior officials including General Hassan Abdel Rahman, SS director.

From SS Officers

and others like Hisham Abdel Fattah Abu Gheida and Tarek Mahmoud el-Rakaybi seen below.

From SS Officers

From SS Officers

And in the picture below, you can see on the same table the current public prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud (on the right), together with Hisham Badawi, the High State Security Prosecutor.

From SS Officers

One final note, Abdel Meguid, Mahmoud who was appointed by Mubarak as the public prosecutor, how can we entrust him with the current investigations into corruption and torture? The man was part of the Mubarak’s regime, and a close friend of regime officials. Under his nose, the daily abuses of the regime has been taking place and he never took action. Abdel Meguid Mahmoud must go.