Word: islamiya
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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LUXOR, Egypt: As grisly firsthand accounts of the massacre of 58 tourists at the Hatsepshut temple emerged Tuesday, so did the culprits. The outlawed al-Gamaa al-Islamiya, or Islamic Group, claimed responsibility for the attack through faxes to Western news agencies. The group claimed it had been seeking the release of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman...
...safari van filled with tourists came under a fusillade of small-weapons fire near Dairut, 168 miles south of Cairo. Sharon Pauline Hill, 28, from England, was struck by several bullets and died within 20 minutes. Two other British passengers received light flesh wounds. The Gama'a el-Islamiya, one of the most radical fundamentalist groups in Egypt, claimed responsibility in a brief statement given to reporters...