Nov 14, 2009

Salem on History | Egyptian Government Troops Attack Islamists

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Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
Subcategories: Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination, Islam, Muslims, Mosques
Curriculum: African History, Middle Eastern History
Geographical Location: Egypt, Middle East
Date: March 10, 1993

Article abstract: Government forces killed twenty-six militants in Cairo and Aswan as part of a massive crackdown against Islamists advocating overthrow of the secular government of President Hosni Mubarak.

Crackdown on Islamists

The Egyptian government announced on March 10, 1993, that its troops had attacked and killed twenty-six Islamists in shoot-outs in Cairo and Aswan. These incidents were the latest in a series of confrontations between the government and Islamist groups advocating the overthrow of the secular government of President Hosni Mubarak...

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Salem on History | Egyptian Government Troops Attack Islamists

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Crackdown on Islamists

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