Court finds Mohamed el-Attar guilty

    An Egyptian court convicted an Egyptian-Canadian dual citizen on Saturday of spying for Israel and sentenced him to 15 years in prison, and three Israelis tried in absentia were also found guilty, witnesses said. Three Israelis tried in absentia, said to be Mossad agents, also found guilty and handed similar jail terms, mediareported.In 1996, Egypt detained Azzam Azzam, an Israeli Arab textile worker, and sentenced him to 15 years in prison for spying for Israel. Egypt said Azzam passed messages in women's underwear using invisible ink. Both Azzam and Israel denied the charges. He was released after serving eight years as part of a deal that included the release of six Egyptian students in Israel. (14,56)