Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Imbaba" in English language version.
Islamic extremists declared the crowded district a state within a state in the 1990s, calling it "the Islamic Republic of Imbaba," one of the country's hottest spots of Islamic militancy.
At around the same time, the Islamist group Jama'a Islamiya took de facto control of Imbaba - creating what the foreign press quickly dubbed 'the Islamic Republic of Imbaba'. The government dispatched more than 12,000 soldiers to carry out a six-week siege, round up the Islamists, and reimpose its authority.
