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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/10/us-egypt-militancy-idUSBRE8990XV20121010
Egypt Has a Wider Militancy Problem
(Reuters) Tom Perry - When they left their village north of Cairo on Aug. 27, Ahmed Waguih and Bahaa Zaqzouq told their families they were going on holiday. A few weeks later the cousins were killed mounting a cross-border raid into Israel. The role of these two young men in the Sep. 21 attack shows that militant groups are appealing to a wider audience since Hosni Mubarak was toppled. Islamists of all stripes are flourishing now, said Khalil al-Anani, an expert on Islamist movements based at Durham University in England. "The majority of Salafi Jihadi groups now focus on Israel," he added.