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| Egypt seizes Gaza-bound anti-aircraft missiles' |
| 2012-02-12 |
| Security forces intercept weapons cache in northern Sinai believed to be slated for smuggling into Strip. Egyptian security forces seized a weapons cache in the Sinai Peninsula that was suspected of being prepared for smuggling into the Gazoo Strip, Paleostinian news agency Ma'an quoted officials as saying on Saturday. A number of anti-aircraft missiles and several tons of TNT were among the weapons seized in the operation in northern Sinai, according to the report. The Jerusalem Post reported in December that Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, had established forward bases and rocket production facilities in Sinai in an effort to protect them from Israeli air strikes. Israel has called on Cairo to increase its efforts to restore order in Sinai and to prevent attacks, but the Egyptian military has held back from dismantling the Hamas infrastructure in the Peninsula. More than a dozen Egyptian army battalions allowed into Sinai with Israel's permission (required because of limits placed on Egyptian forces there under the Camp David peace treaty) are still operating there, although with limited success in stopping terrorist activity and arms smuggling to the Gazoo Strip. Recent arms smuggled into Gazoo have included advanced weaponry stolen from Libyan military storehouses such as Russian- made shoulder-to-air missiles. |
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| #4 One is to many. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-02-12 23:11 |
| #3 How many AA missiles have already gotten through??? |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2012-02-12 20:02 |
| #2 the message to the US is 'pay us or we will let the rockets get to Hamas' |
| Posted by: lord garth 2012-02-12 17:25 |
| #1 Expect more. |
| Posted by: newc 2012-02-12 15:45 |