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.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb went off near a government-backed militia patrol and wounded two militiamen in the capital's southwestern al-Jihad district, police said.
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They're thought to be closely affiliated with the Egyptian IslamicJihad, whose-
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When the militant Egyptian IslamicJihad was founded in 1973, he joined.
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Hamas, IslamicJihad and other groups have vowed to carry out more attacks.
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Sayyed didn't like the way the IslamicJihad's heavy was looking at him.
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Another was an unarmed man from IslamicJihad, the group said.
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They're thought to be closely affiliated with the EgyptianIslamicJihad, whose-
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When the militant EgyptianIslamicJihad was founded in 1973, he joined.
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Al Qaeda, Shia extremists, two Sunni extremists, and even one from the EgyptianIslamicJihad.
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That cell joined similar ones to form Gamaa Jihad, or the Holy War Group, which became EgyptianIslamicJihad, led for many years by Zawahiri.
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By 1980 he was rising through the ranks of the EgyptianIslamicJihad, which merged with al Qaeda in 1998.