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| Egyptian Islamic Jihad Jihad Group Islamic Jihad |
Al-Jihad is an Egyptian Islamic group that has been active since the 1970s.They are close parteners with the terrorist organization al-Qaida. One of their goals is to attack the US by overthrowing the Egyptian Government and replacing it with an Islamic state. | |
| What terrorist events have they carried out? | How strong are they? | |
| 1981 | Their strength is unknown but they probably have several hundred hard-core members. | |
| The original Jihad assassinated the Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. | ||
| 1993 | ||
| Al-Jihad claimed that they attempeted to assassinate the Interior Minister Hassan al-Alfi and Prime Minister Atef Sedky. | ||
| 1995 | ||
| Al-Jihad bombed the Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad | ||
| 1998 | ||
| They planned an attack against the US Embassy in Albania but it was not done. | ||
| Where in the world are they located? | Who helps them train and prepare for an attack? | |
| Al-Jihad operates in
Cairo. They have networks outside of Egypt, including Yemen, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, Sudan, Lebanon, and the United Kingdom. |
Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Lebanon, the United Kingdom,Cairo,and Egypt all help train and prepare Al-Jihad for an attack. | |
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