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| Egypt's army foils attempt to smuggle arms through Western Desert |
| 2017-11-12 |
| [AlAhram] Egypt's army said on Saturday that it foiled an attempt by terrorists to infiltrate the country through the Western Desert border with Libya. In an official statement, army spokesman Tamer El-Refaie said the army's air force, in coordination with border guards and intelligence, destroyed 10 off-road vehicles carrying arms, ammunition and smuggled items. The vehicles' passengers were killed in the airstrike. The statement said that the strike was part of a "continued combing operation by the air force and border guards in the vicinity of the operation to stop any penetration or infiltration through the border." |
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