Militant Leader Urges Jihad, or Holy War, in Egypt

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This is why Egypt needs someone strong like General Al Sisi to lead it.

Militant Leader Urges Jihad, or Holy War, in Egypt

Published on NewsOK Modified: January 15, 2015 at 10:50 am • Published: January 15, 2015


CAIRO (AP) — The purported leader of a militant group that has staged several small attacks over the past year in the Egyptian capital has urged holy war, or jihad, calling on the young to join the extremists' fight.


The call came in an hour-long interview with a man identified as Magd Eddin al-Masri, who claims to be the leader of Ajnad Misr, or "Egypt's Soldiers," a group that surfaced as part of a rising insurgency in Egypt following the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013.

The interview by the group's media arm was posted on social networking sites on Sunday. It was the first public appearance of al-Masri, which is Arabic for "the Egyptian," and a move apparently aimed at gaining more prominence in the group's campaign of retribution for the

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Sally, do you think it is alarmist to discuss just how bad the situation is in the Middle East? (Question is not worded well but I hope you see what I am asking.)
 

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