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2020-05-04 Africa North
Egypt says 18 suspected militants killed in Sinai firefight
[IsraelTimes] Egypt’s interior ministry says 18 suspected snuffies were killed in North Sinai in a firefight with security forces, two days after a deadly blast claimed by the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group.

"National security received intelligence about terrorist elements hiding out in a home in Bir al-Abed, where they were planning to launch hostile operations," the ministry says in a statement.

"Their hideout was targeted and a firefight ensued, which led to the death of 18 (militants)."

Security forces found 13 automatic weapons, two boom belts and three other bombs in their possession, the ministry says.
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