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| Sinai-Bound Weapons Seized In Suez |
| 2012-11-27 |
| [Maan] Egyptian police seized a truck carrying heavy weaponry in the city of Suez on Monday, an Egyptian official said. A police commander in North Sinai told Ma'an that the truck was en-route to the peninsula to deliver grad missiles and other high grade weapons. Three suspects were cooled for a few years Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! for questioning and the weapons seized by Egyptian authorities. Hardline Islamist jihad boy groups have expanded into a vacuum left by the collapse of state control in North Sinai during the uprising that overthrew Mubarak in February, 2011. The state launched a concerted effort to reestablish control following an Aug. 5 attack in which 16 border guards were killed. But a Nov. 3 gun attack in which three coppers died underlined the challenge still facing the authorities. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Is it really a power vacuum or is it leverage for American $? The anti Mohammed film was intentionally being shown in Egypt in an effort to extort money from the Americans. The anti-American riots were a power play by the MB to show they could make trouble. Why not allow chaos on the Israeli border (Sinai)? |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2012-11-27 21:57 |