Zawahiri and the Vanguards of Conquest were seeking to recreate Mohammed's taking of mecca by a small band through violent attacks on Egyptian leaders.
1	Zawahiri	Zawahiri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	8:nsubj|10:nsubj:xsubj	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	4:cc	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	4:det	_
4	Vanguards	Vanguard	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	conj	1:conj:and|8:nsubj|10:nsubj:xsubj	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	6:case	_
6	Conquest	Conquest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	4:nmod:of	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	8:aux	_
8	seeking	seek	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	0:root	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	10:mark	_
10	recreate	recreate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	8:xcomp	_
11-12	Mohammed's	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	Mohammed	Mohammed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	13:nmod:poss	_
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	11:case	_
13	taking	taking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	10:obj	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	15:case	_
15	mecca	mecca	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	13:nmod:of	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	19:case	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	19:det	_
18	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	19:amod	_
19	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	13:nmod:by	_
20	through	through	ADP	IN	_	22	case	22:case	_
21	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	22:amod	_
22	attacks	attack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	13:nmod:through	_
23	on	on	ADP	IN	_	25	case	25:case	_
24	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	25:amod	_
25	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	22:nmod:on	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	8:punct	_
