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| Rocket attacks in Egypt's Sinai peninsula kill eight |
| 2014-07-15 |
| [BBC] Seven civilians and one soldier have been killed in two rocket attacks in the northern Sinai peninsula, Egypt's military has said. One rocket hit a crowded market place in the coastal city of el-Arish on Sunday night. Minutes later, two more rockets fell on a nearby security compound. Jihadist holy warriors based in Sinai have stepped up attacks on soldiers and police since the army ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last year. Egyptian media quoted a security source as saying early reports suggested that Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, a jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda, fired the rocket that hit the market place. The target was probably the adjoining military headquarters for the Sinai region, the source added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 I'm not sure even Egypt wants it any more... They did refuse to take it back after the Yom Kippur War, though they did most graciously accept most of the Sinai for signing that peace treaty. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-07-15 23:38 |
| #4 prompting the Egyptian military to put Gaza back under the original ownership (Egypt)? I'm not sure even Egypt wants it any more... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2014-07-15 17:01 |
| #3 ..prompting the Egyptian military to put Gaza back under the original ownership (Egypt)? Pass the popcorn. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-07-15 11:20 |
| #2 Egyptian media quoted a security source as saying early reports suggested that Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, a jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda, fired the rocket that hit the market place. Not Gazans, AlanC, but Egyptians -- Ansar Beit al Maqdis is also known round here as Al Qaeda in the Sinai. They may very well have been supplied by Gaza, though. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-07-15 10:40 |
| #1 The Gazooks shooting in two directions? Don't they know the dangers of opening a two front war? Egypt & Israel need to get together on a hammer meets anvil operation. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-07-15 07:40 |