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2015-12-26 Africa North

The battle over Sinai: ISIS's next strong force

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-12-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)

#1 "...intelligence information that Sinai Province managed to recruit a local worker at the Sharm al-Sheikh Airport, likely a Bedouin from one of the peninsula's large tribes, who helped get the bomb on the plane." The beduin tribes are not large, and the Egyptian military has made important recent efforts to enlist them as allies. In fact, the major problems exist in the towns along the Med coast where gangsters and Islamists intermingle.

Posted by Spomong Bourbon8696 2015-12-26 05:24|| 2015-12-26 05:24|| Front Page Top

#2 They may not be large, but there are many. And as history shows, there are also many Bedouins quite willing to do that sort of thing for pay.

Posted by Pappy 2015-12-26 11:43|| 2015-12-26 11:43|| Front Page Top

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