The officials say Thursday that the bomb exploded remotely near the city of El-Arish. They say Islamic murderous Moslems had set up ambushes along the highway leading to El-Arish where they had kidnapped at least 14 civilians over the course of the last 24 hours. The officials speak on condition of anonymity because they aren’t authorized to speak to the media.
Egypt has battled Islamic murderous Moslems for years in northern Sinai, where an affiliate of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
jihadist group is based.
Last week, the group grabbed credit for the killing of eight coppers in an assault on a checkpoint near El-Arish.