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– RAFAH TUNNELS

IDF found 7 operating tunnels. Since the border between Gaza and EGYPT is 16 km long and the Western side is sandier and easy for digging tunnels, it is a fair estimation that there are 70-100 active tunnels from EGYPT to Gaza. Continue reading

– El-Al LA ATTACK – HASHEM HADAYAT

On his 42 birthday, 07/04/2002, Hashem Hadayat, armed with pistol attacked the El Al terminal counter of Los Angeles international airport killing 2 Jews and wounding 7 more. He was, almost immediately, overcome by Israeli security officers and handed over to the USA authority. Continue reading

– EGYPTIAN COPTS

On Friday 09/21/2007 riots broke out in Alexandria, the second largest city in Egypt, between Copts (7% 0f the population) and Muslims. Dozens of youngsters form both communities were pounding each other. Continue reading

– 2 EGYPTIANS ARRESTED IN USA

Two Egyptian students: Ahmed Mohamed, 24, and Youssef Samir Megahed, 21, were stopped for speeding on 08/04/2007 in Goose Creek, near a Navy base in South Carolina, probably in a premeditated operation. Continue reading

– KHALID EL-ISLAMBOULI

Khalid Ahmed Showky El-Islambouli was born, probably, in 1954, in northern Egypt. He graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy with excellent grades. Continue reading

– LUXOR MASSACRE

On the morning of 11/17/1997, at about 08:45 local time, a group of six armed EGYPTIAN Jamaa Islamiya members, who called themselves Jihad Talaat al-Fatah (“Jihad of the Victorious Vanguard”), attacked the tourist site in Deir el-Bahri near Luxor. Continue reading

– EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD

The EGYPTIAN Islamic Jihad originated from the EGYPTIAN Jamaa Islamiya and was formally formed in 1980 from the merger of two clusters of Islamist groups. Continue reading

– EGYPTIAN JAMAA ISLAMIYA

EGYPTIAN Jamaa Islamiya - a name that can be translated as “The Islamic Society”, was an umbrella organization for Islamic militants in Egypt after the crack down on the Muslims Brotherhood in Egypt and their renunciation of violence as a political tool in 1970. Continue reading

– SAYYID QUTB

Sayyid Qutb was born in 10/1906 in the village of Musha, Egypt, to a devoted Muslim family. When he graduated high school Sayyid Qutb moved to Cairo, Egypt’s capital, for further education. Continue reading
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