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| Egypt's army flies special forces to Sinai to fight terrorism | ||
| 2014-10-28 | ||
| [Al Ahram] Egypt's army has sent special forces by air to the Sinai Peninsula to help existing troops and police forces destroy all terrorist cells in the peninsula, says an army front man. Extra security measures have gone into effect at all security checkpoints across Sinai, said front man Brigadier Mohammed Samir. A military checkpoint was hit by a boom-mobile in North Sinai on Friday, killing 28 Egyptian soldiers and injuring 30. Another attack hours later left three more soldiers dead. A state of emergency was declared in Sinai soon after the attacks by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi. A Death Eater insurgency by jihadist groups in Sinai has intensified since the ouster of president Mohammed Morsi in 2013. Hundreds of coppers and soldiers, as well as Death Eaters, have been killed in the violence. No Death Eater group has yet come forward to claim responsibility for Friday's attack, although Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, a jihadist group active in Sinai, has grabbed credit for many similar assaults.
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! on suspicion of involvement in a terrorist act on Friday that killed more than 30 security personnel.
The Egyptian authorities are planning to "redistribute" people living along the border with Gazoo in divided town of Rafah, according to the pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat. A bigwig told the newspaper that the plan is for the "redistribution" of residents and not their "transfer", and is being implemented for security reasons ahead of an extensive military operation in the area. The plan will reportedly affect residents of some 680 homes. | ||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The plan will reportedly affect residents of some 680 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-10-28 13:29 |