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| 2017-11-24 | |
| [Jpost] A combined bombing and shooting attack at a mosque in the northern Sinai on Friday has caused major casualties, according to Egyptian officials. A state of emergency was declared across the province following the attack that came as worshipers were conducting their Friday prayers at the Al Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, west of Arish city. At least 54 were killed and 75 were wounded in the attack, according to a health ministry spokesman. Egyptian defense officials said the attack began with explosions and then assailants began firing with machine guns into the mosque. Witnesses said militants entered the mosque, shot the worshipers, lit a vehicle outside the mosque on fire, and then proceeded to close the area to prevent rescue forces from operating. The Sinai Peninsula has been the arena for increasing violence between the Egyptian military and jihadi militants loyal to ISIS. In the past, military or police checkpoints and convoys were the preferred tactic.
According to eyewitnesses who spoke to Al-Ahram’s Arabic website, the gunmen fired heavily on worshippers after IEDs were detonated at the mosque. | |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #22 AQ press release: we are killing Sufi heretics softly and also tourism. |
| Posted by: Alpha2c 2017-11-24 23:41 |
| #21 Trouble is that these ISIS chaps are amassing rather close to the Israel borders. This must be the lead-up to Operation Hell on Earth. |
| Posted by: Elmomble Stalin1827 2017-11-24 21:00 |
| #20 ty Woodrow |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-11-24 19:59 |
| #19 So there are moderate Muslims. It's just that the normal Muslims keep murdering them. |
| Posted by: Flinetch Angavimble7487 2017-11-24 18:28 |
| #18 More properly, Commodore Frank Leader of Turbans. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2017-11-24 16:11 |
| #17 Gaza crossing is closed after this. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-11-24 15:46 |
| #16 The sufis not muslim enough? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-11-24 15:37 |
| #15 Yes sir F, glass raised to you. Always an honor. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2017-11-24 15:23 |
| #14 Orthodox attitude towards Sufis |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-11-24 15:05 |
| #13 Salafists still at work? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-11-24 14:24 |
| #12 killing heretics may not get you in to muslim instant heaven but it does help Q 33:21 states that Mohammud is an excellent example and other Quranic verses support that put that together with the story told by ibn kathir in his commentary (tafsir) that Mohammud ordered the mosque of Masjid al dirar to be burned because they were heretics or apostates or something similar - so from that point of view, this terrorist act is an act of piety |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-11-24 13:58 |
| #11 Awe, shucks...no need for the "Mr. Frank". It's just Frank G :-) oh, wait |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-11-24 13:39 |
| #9 So what part of this killing fellow moslems is supposed to get you that ticket to paradise? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-11-24 12:14 |
| #8 Going to take more than candles and flowers to rid this world of this plague . |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-11-24 10:57 |
| #7 In its fifth update to the link above, Al Ahram says at least 235 died, 109 injured. I thought the Gaza crossing was to be open for two days, as is customary, but I could be wrong. At the time we predicted trouble — it’s a sure bet. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-11-24 10:32 |
| #6 Asymmetric? The Thanksgiving Parade was a protected soft target. Friday prayers in Egypt not at all and easier to get to. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-11-24 10:11 |
| #5 200 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-11-24 10:11 |
| #4 up to 190 dead - latest also, earlier this week the Gaza border station at Rafah was opened for several hours -- could be that the operation was planning in Gaza also, the terrorists used 4 off road vehicles in the attack |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-11-24 09:10 |
| #3 but they were just Sufis, not "real Muslims" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-11-24 09:00 |
| #2 over 150 dead as of last update location is about 25 miles west of Gaza border could be an old ISIS affiliate with a new name and new weapons |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-11-24 08:51 |
| #1 Allan will be pleased |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-11-24 08:46 |