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Assassination of Sadat

Assassination of Sadat
Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat was assassinated in Cairo by Islamic extremists within the Egyptian army on October 6, 1981. They killed him for negotiating a peace agreement with Israel in 1979.
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Islamic Fundamentalism; Egypt; Sadat, Anwar al-
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