Word: mansura
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...government's probe of Sadat's assassination continued to unearth new details about Egypt's shadowy underground terrorist network. Nearly a month before the murder, agents had uncovered a plot to kill Sadat in the Nile delta town of Mansura. Sadat had actually been shown video and sound recordings of armed members of Islamic extremist groups who were plotting his assassination, but gave the matter little thought. Mubarak himself added more details about the conspiracy against Sadat. The objective of the killers, he said, was to "physically liquidate" all of Egypt's top military, religious...
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