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| Egypt jihadists kill 15 soldiers and two civilians in Sinai | ||
| 2015-04-03 | ||
| [al-Monitor] Jihadists in Egypt's Sinai killed 15 soldiers and two civilians in attacks on checkpoints on Thursday, security officials said, the deadliest in months despite a massive army campaign against the murderous Moslems. The gunnies, believed to be members of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group's Egypt branch, simultaneously opened fire with assault rifles and grenade launchers at five checkpoints in the restive north of the peninsula, the security officials said. Medics confirmed 15 soldiers and two non-combatants were killed in the attacks. Military sources said 15 snuffies also died in an exchange of fire but the toll could not be verified by medics. It was the deadliest attack in Sinai since suicide boom-mobileers and gunnies killed more than 30 soldiers at a military base in North Sinai's capital El-Arish in January, prompting Egypt's president to shakeup the military command. The army has since claimed it killed more than 170 snuffies in air strikes and ambushes. Thursday's attacks suggested the jihadists were still capable of conducting large scale attacks in broad daylight despite a massive army deployment. In a separate incident, a mortar shell fell on a house east of El-Arish, wounding three civilians, police and health officials said. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis -- Partisans of Jerusalem in English -- changed its name last year to the Sinai Province after pledging allegiance to IS, which controls territory in Iraq and Syria.
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group grabbed credit Friday for deadly attacks on army checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 15 soldiers and two civilians.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Bet the Gaza border dead zone just got wider. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-04-03 09:57 |