The assassination of the engineer specializing in nuclear chemistry in Alexandria was not just a random criminal act, and it cannot be easily placed in the category of "personal disputes" as the Egyptian regime and the official media are trying to portray it. The timing, the nature of the specialization, the method of execution, and the surrounding political environment all lead to asking the big questions that the regime avoids answering, and even fears to ask. The questions that people ask today are legitimate, even necessary: Have Jewish hands begun to extend into Egypt to liquidate what remains of its scientific capabilities?