Nov 1993
In November 1993, a few months after al-Jihad tried to kill Egyptian Interior Minister Hasan al-Alfi unsuccesfully, Zawahiri set off a car bomb as it was driving past a girls' school in Cairo, Egypt. It was an assassination attempt on Egypt's Prime Minister, Atef Sidqi, but the minister escaped unhurt. Instead, the bomb injured twenty one people, and killed a school girl named Shayma Abdel-Halim.
The citizens of Egypt were outraged by the ...
Ayman Al-Zawahiri Events
| 1993 Mar |
Ayman al-Zawahiri Starts Soliciting Money for al-Jihad
Soon after the World Trade Center bombing, Ayman al-Zawahiri entered the US and started soliciting American Arabs and American Afghans for money to help fund al-Jihad. For many years befo...
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| 1993 Aug |
Attempted assassination of Hasan al-Alfi
Two members of Ayman al-Zawahiri's al-Jihad exploded a bomb-laden motorcycle next to the car of Egyptian Interior Minister Hasan al-Alfi's car. The attack was an utter failure, resulting ...
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| 1993 Nov |
Atef Sidqi Assassination Attempt
In November 1993, a few months after al-Jihad tried to kill Egyptian Interior Minister Hasan al-Alfi unsuccesfully, Zawahiri set off a car bomb as it was driving past a girls' school in C...
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