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| That Egyptian Islamist group? Not normal murderous jihadis | |
| 2011-09-21 | |
| Al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya waged violent campaign in 1990s culminating in Luxor massacre. In the 1990s al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya waged an armed insurrection against the Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... government and symbols of foreign influence in Egypt. Its attacks killed hundreds of soldiers, civilians and tourists - its 1997 Luxor massacre killed 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians, and prompted Cairo to wage an uncompromising crackdown on homegrown terrorism. Al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya is designated a terrorist organization by Egypt, the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... and United States. Omar Abdel-Rahman, "The Blind Sheikh" believed to be its spiritual leader, is serving a life sentence in connection to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a series of planned attacks on American targets. In 1998 the organization signed a "Nonviolence Initiative" with the Egyptian government. Abdel-Rahman gave his blessing from prison, but later reneged. The group's charter still calls for the overthrow of the Cairo government in favor of an Islamic state.
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