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Egypt says 3 Grad missiles found in Sinai | |||
2012-07-02 | |||
SINAI (Ma'an) -- Three Grad missiles were found near al-Reisan village in the Sinai desert Saturday evening, witnesses said.
Egyptian officials initially announced finding a simple projectile in the Sinai. In June the Israeli army said a Grad rocket was fired into southern Israel, possibly from Egypt. Egyptian security officials said at the time that a sweep of the Sinai border area was carried out and they were certain the rocket was not launched from Egyptian territory.
The Egyptian daily al-Masri al-Youm reported thon the lam numbers of Egyptian forces and coppers started to canvas the area looking for gunnies. The northern Sinai was placed under a security alert last last month due to the Egyptian elections, and authorities deployed special forces and counter terrorism units in the border region. The changes were made after consultations with Israel, officials said at the time. | |||
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