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[[File:Khalid Islambouli.jpeg|thumb|160px|right]]Khalid Islambouli was an Egyptian Army officer who planned and participated in the assassination of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Egypt Egypt's third president], [[Anwar Sadat]], during the annual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_War 6th October] victory parade on 6 October 1981. Islambouli stated that his primary motivation for the assassination was Sadat's signing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David_Accords Camp David Accords] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Israel State of Israel]. He was tried by a military tribunal, found guilty, and sentenced to death. Following his execution, Islambouli was declared a martyr by many radicals in the Islamic world, and became an inspirational symbol for radical Islamic movements as one of the first 'modern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahid_%28martyr%29 Shahids]'.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Jamestown_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_Islambouli#cite_note-Jamestown-1 [1]]</sup>
[[File:Placeholder|right|300px]]Khalid Islambouli was an Egyptian Army officer who planned and participated in the assassination of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Egypt Egypt's third president], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Sadat Anwar Sadat], during the annual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_War 6th October] victory parade on 6 October 1981. Islambouli stated that his primary motivation for the assassination was Sadat's signing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David_Accords Camp David Accords] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Israel State of Israel]. He was tried by a military tribunal, found guilty, and sentenced to death. Following his execution, Islambouli was declared a martyr by many radicals in the Islamic world, and became an inspirational symbol for radical Islamic movements as one of the first 'modern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahid_%28martyr%29 Shahids]'.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Jamestown_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_Islambouli#cite_note-Jamestown-1 [1]]</sup>
==The Assassination==
==The Assassination==
On 6 October 1981, a victory parade was held in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo Cairo] to commemorate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Badr_%281973%29 Egypt's crossing of the Suez Canal].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-year81upi_1-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat#cite_note-year81upi-1 [1]]</sup> Sadat was protected by four layers of security and eight bodyguards, and the army parade should have been safe due to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammunition ammunition]-seizure rules. As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Force Egyptian Air Force] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Mirage Mirage] jets flew overhead, distracting the crowd, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Army Egyptian Army] soldiers and troop trucks paraded. One troop truck contained the assassination squad.. As the truck passed, the assassins dismounted, and Islambouli approached Sadat. Sadat stood to receive his salute, whereupon, Islambouli threw three grenades at Sadat, only one of which exploded, and additional assassins rose from the truck, firing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle assault rifles] into the stands. After Sadat was hit and fell to the ground, people threw chairs around him to protect him from the hail of bullets.
On 6 October 1981, a victory parade was held in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo Cairo] to commemorate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Badr_%281973%29 Egypt's crossing of the Suez Canal].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-year81upi_1-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat#cite_note-year81upi-1 [1]]</sup> Sadat was protected by four layers of security and eight bodyguards, and the army parade should have been safe due to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammunition ammunition]-seizure rules. As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Force Egyptian Air Force] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Mirage Mirage] jets flew overhead, distracting the crowd, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Army Egyptian Army] soldiers and troop trucks paraded. One troop truck contained the assassination squad, led by Lieutenant [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_Islambouli Khalid Islambouli]. As the truck passed, the assassins dismounted, and Islambouli approached Sadat. Sadat stood to receive his salute, whereupon, Islambouli threw three grenades at Sadat, only one of which exploded, and additional assassins rose from the truck, firing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle assault rifles] into the stands. After Sadat was hit and fell to the ground, people threw chairs around him to protect him from the hail of bullets.


The attack lasted about two minutes. Sadat and eleven others were killed, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba Cuban] ambassador, an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman Omani] general, and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox Coptic Orthodox] bishop. Twenty-eight were wounded, including Vice President [[Hosni Mubarak]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_%28Ireland%29 Irish Defence Minister] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tully_%28Irish_politician%29 James Tully], and four US military liaison officers. Security forces were momentarily stunned but reacted within seconds. One of the attackers was killed, and the three others injured and arrested. Sadat was airlifted to a military hospital,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-onthisday_8-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat#cite_note-onthisday-8 [8]]</sup> where eleven doctors operated on him. He died nearly two hours after he was taken to the hospital.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-onthisday_8-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat#cite_note-onthisday-8 [8]]</sup> Sadat's death was attributed to "violent nervous shock and internal bleeding in the chest cavity, where the left lung and major blood vessels below it were torn."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nyt81_9-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat#cite_note-nyt81-9 [9]]</sup>
The attack lasted about two minutes. Sadat and eleven others were killed, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba Cuban] ambassador, an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman Omani] general, and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox Coptic Orthodox] bishop. Twenty-eight were wounded, including Vice President [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosni_Mubarak Hosni Mubarak], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_%28Ireland%29 Irish Defence Minister] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tully_%28Irish_politician%29 James Tully], and four US military liaison officers. Security forces were momentarily stunned but reacted within seconds. One of the attackers was killed, and the three others injured and arrested. Sadat was airlifted to a military hospital,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-onthisday_8-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat#cite_note-onthisday-8 [8]]</sup> where eleven doctors operated on him. He died nearly two hours after he was taken to the hospital.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-onthisday_8-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat#cite_note-onthisday-8 [8]]</sup> Sadat's death was attributed to "violent nervous shock and internal bleeding in the chest cavity, where the left lung and major blood vessels below it were torn."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nyt81_9-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat#cite_note-nyt81-9 [9]]</sup>
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