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| 5 Security Forces Killed in Egypt's Sinai in 36 Hours |
| 2013-07-31 |
| [An Nahar] An Egyptian soldier was rubbed out in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, raising the 36-hour toll of security forces in the area to five, local sources said. Medical and security sources said gunnies had attacked a military building in Al-Arish, the regional capital of North Sinai, killing the soldier. Another soldier and three coppers had also been killed in the area in 36 hours. Security in Sinai has been deteriorating since the 2011 uprising that overthrew president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... Attacks have escalated since the July 3 ouster of Mubarak's elected successor, Mohammed Morsi, with at least 20 coppers and 11 soldiers killed. Sinai is largely inhabited by Bedouins who have long had difficult relations with the central government. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 See also topix > [Stars-n-Stripes] EGYPT INSURGENCY TAKING ROOT IN THE SINAI. Israel + IDF must covertly be breathing a deep sigh of relief wid Baby Assad prevailing in Syria agz the Rebs + foreign militant groups, as this will allow the IDF to focus on contigency mil operations agz pre-1979, traditional main rivals Egypt + now a increasingly destabilized KSA. IDF SPECOPS + MOSSAD can deal wid any IRGC Quds Force + Basij in Syria. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-07-31 23:58 |
| #2 The Egyptian army has modern weapons, modern organization, and the usual non-western lack of scruples. You would think a can of gyppie whoop ass would shortly be opened leaving none to tell the tale. Then there's the youtube vid of Egyptian paratroopers jumping, more or less.... Don't really know. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2013-07-31 23:31 |
| #1 Sinai is largely inhabited by Bedouins who have long had difficult relations with the central government By "difficult relations", are we talking cultural, drug-and-gun-running, or smuggling into and from Gaza, or the usual third-word government neglect? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-07-31 15:02 |