Nasr City is a district of Cairo known for its Dubai-style shopping malls, and as the home of the new premises of the renowned al-Azhar University. But last year, it came to the headlines when the so-called "Nasr city terror cell", with suspected links to al Qaeda, was broken up. Back then, it was plotting to assassinate Egyptian public figures.
Now, it seems individuals with links to this former group have been arrested with ingredients for explosives, and a plan to target a "Western embassy" in Cairo. After the attack on the US embassy in Benghazi last year, the French embassy there last month, and an apparently politically-motivated stabbing attack outside the US embassy in Cairo last week, Western embassies are emerging as the target-of-choice for would-be jihadis in North Africa.
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There aren't enough bars jihadis would go to. Nowhere you could go, sit with a drink, and eavesdrop on the messy, convoluted and contradictory mess that is violent jihadism around the world. So instead we have the imaginary Sharaaabtoon, a place where various self-proclaimed mujahadeen will be brought forth to be seen and overheard, just as if they were the clientele of a bar. Remember: no shahada, no service. Twitter: @Sharaabtoon
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