An kaboom hit the Egyptian pipeline carrying gas to Israel and Jordan on Monday for 14th time since the uprising against President Hosni Mubarak...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
began last year, security sources said.
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The blast took place in the northern Sinai at the entrance of the Mediterranean coastal town of Al-Arish. Residents in the city told Rooters they had heard the sound of the kaboom.
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No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks on the installation that crosses the increasingly volatile Sinai Peninsula. Security in Sinai was relaxed after the fall of Mubarak in 2011 as the police presence thinned out across Egypt.
The pipeline has been shut since an explosion on Feb. 5.
An Egyptian military source told Ma'an's correspondent that Jihadist groups had thought the pipeline was in use. "They have dug about two meters deep into the sand and laid their explosive device," he said.