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al-Jihad

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Noun1.al-Jihad - an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells; "the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981"
Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest, Islamic Jihad
act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic - a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC


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Even a cursory examination of Al-Qaeda-linked publications like Sawt al-Jihad and its internet successor Sada al-Jihad, as well as the accounts of jihadi theorists like those published by well-connected Jordanian journalist Fouad Hussein, will point to the centrality of Iraq in the plans of the radicals.
A war, or un-war? by Pham, F. Peter / The National Interest
Abu Qatada traveled from Kuwait to Afghanistan with Maqdisi, and then settled in London where he continued to preach and eventually became the spiritual leader of al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad, al Qaeda's branch in Europe.
Maqdisi's Minions; The man who inspired a generation of terrorists by Wilson, Dan / The Weekly Standard
One of the most disturbing incidents concerns Sufiyan Abd al-Ghani, 11, who was with his uncle in a car that was stopped near his home in Hay al-Jihad at just after 10 p.
In Baghdad, families live in fear of midnight call by U.S. patrols by McGrory, Daniel / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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