[Ynet] Premeditated offensive on military position in Sinai kills 30 troops; officials believe attack initiated by Ansar Beit al-Maqdis.
A coordinated assault on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula killed 30 Egyptian troops on Friday, making it the deadliest single attack in decades on the military, which has been struggling to stem a wave of violence by Islamic turbans since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
Officials described it as "well-planned" attack that began with a boom-mobile which may have been set off by a suicide kaboomer. Other murderous Moslems then fired rocket-propelled grenades, striking a tank carrying ammunition and igniting a secondary kaboom. Roadside bombs intended to target rescuers struck two army vehicles, seriously wounding a senior officer. |