Al-Jihad's primary goals today have merged with those of al-Qaeda, to include attacks on US and Israeli interests.  Al-Jihad's original goals, which likely still have a place, include a violent overthrow of Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak, whom they see as corrupt, impious, and repressive, to be replaceed by an Islamist state. Al-Jihad is unique among the Islamic movements, however, in that it views war against the Jews and Israel as an initial, essential step toward fulfilling the goals of Islam. According to the group, the only way to resolve the conflict with the Jews in Palestine is by direct violent confrontation. In 1990, one of the organization's leaders -- Sheikh Tamimi (author of a 1982 booklet called "The Obliteration of Israel: A Koranic Imperative") -- expressed this principle in the following words: "The Jews have to return to the countries from which they came. We shall not accede to a Jewish state on our land, even if it is only one village." <P><br /><br />The original Jihad was responsible for the assassination in 1981 of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. It also claimed responsibility for the attempted assassinations of Interior Minister Hassan al-Alfi in August 1993 and Prime Minister Atef Sedky in November 1993. The group has not conducted an attack inside Egypt since 1993 and never targeted foreign tourists there.

Egypt&#8217;s Nasserist Revolution, Thawrat Misr an Nassiriyah

Egypt's Revolution was an underground terrorist organization active in Egypt from 1984 to 1987.  Egypt's Revolution, sometimes known as Egypt's Nasserist Revolution, advocated militant nationalism in the tradition of former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.  During his rule in the 1950s and 1960s, Nasser was an advocate of Arab unity and vehemnetly criticized the state of Israel and tensions between Egypt and Israel would eventually lead to 1967's Six Day War.   In 1979, seven years after Nasser's death, Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty.  Thus, the terrorist organization Egypt's Revolution conducted its terrorist campaign in the mid-80s to protest the peace treaty and to advocate a return to stricter Egyptian nationalism. <P><br /><br />Egypt's Revolution attempted, and sometimes succeeded, several assassinations on Israeli and U.S. diplomats in Cairo, Egypt.   The terrorist organization was effectively disbanded by the late 1980s when several dozen group members were captured.  The terrorist members were tried in Egyptian courts; several were convicted to long sentences but others received acquittals.  One of the group's alleged leaders was actually the son of former President Nasser, namely Khaled Abdel Nasser.  However, Khaled Abdel Nasser was eventually acquitted and Mahmoud Nour al-Din Sulayman was identified as the terrorist group's leader.  Noureddin received a 25-year prison sentence but passed away during his eleventh year in prison.