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| Egypt Military 'Kills 16 Sinai Militants in Air Strikes' |
| 2014-02-09 |
| [An Nahar] Egypt's military said it killed 16 Death Eaters Saturday in air strikes in the restive Sinai peninsula, which jihadists have used as a springboard for attacks across the country. The air force has pressed ahead with air strikes in the region even after Death Eaters in north Sinai downed a helicopter last month with a shoulder fired missile, killing the entire crew of five. The Death Eaters have killed scores of soldiers and coppers in a growing insurgency after the army overthrew Islamist president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... in July. On Saturday, air strikes killed "16 extremely dangerous turbans belonging to the Moslem Brüderbund," military front man Ahmed Ali said on Facebook. Morsi's Brotherhood was designated as a terrorist group in December after a suicide boom-mobileing of police headquarters killed 15 people. The Brotherhood says it eschewed violence decades ago and is dedicated to advancing its agenda by peaceful means. Another group, Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, grabbed credit for the December attack and another boom-mobileing outside police headquarters in Cairo last month. The group, which appears to be inspired by al-Qaeda's bad boy Islamist ideology, is based in the sparsely inhabited north of Sinai, along the borders of Gazoo and Israel. It has branched out from attacking security forces in the peninsula to bombings and liquidations of coppers elsewhere in Egypt. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 make it even more sparsely populated |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-02-09 07:31 |