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6 Egyptian soldiers die in gunfight near Libya
2016-07-02
Egypt’s military said six soldiers were killed in clashes with armed smugglers near the country’s western border with Libya on Thursday.

The soldiers were patrolling the border when they “came under surprise fire” from the smugglers, a military statement said, adding that a number of smugglers were killed in the exchange of fire.

Egypt has contended with militants in the western desert and along the border with Libya, as well as smugglers who bring in weapons and drugs across the long frontier.

It has also been battling a militant insurgency in its eastern Sinai peninsula that has killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers.
Posted by:badanov

#2  Libyan arms that feeds the Sinai insurgency.

So the Gaza machine shops are a secondary source, Ulusoque Speaking for Boskone3139?
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-07-02 17:07  

#1  Although the long Egypt-Libya border appears desolate the crossings between Sollum in the north and Jabal Uwainat at the Egypt-Libya-Sudan tripoint are numerous. Arms from Libya cross the border and are met at Farafra or Kharga oasis. The arms are then transported north to Cairo where they are shipped by truck or boat to the Sinai, or they are shipped across the Red Sea. It is the movement of Libyan arms that feeds the Sinai insurgency.
Posted by: Ulusoque Speaking for Boskone3139   2016-07-02 10:17  

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