WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Ajnad Misr, a Salafist militant group in Egypt, was designated a "global terrorist" by the U.S. Department of State Thursday, eliciting an unexpected expression of gratitude from the extremist group.
The State Department designated Ajnad Misr, a splinter group of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a Foreign Terrorist Organization, citing claims of "numerous attacks on Egyptian security forces at government buildings, public spaces and universities, often injuring or killing innocent bystanders."