Saturday, August 11, 2012

After reflexively blaming Israel for attack on its troops in Sinai, Egypt launches operation against Islamist "terrorists", arrests 6

An Egyptian army truck carries tanks and vehicles to Rafah city, some 350 km (217 miles) northeast of Cairo, August 10, 2012. [...] (Reuters Pictures)
Allah operates in mysterious ways.
(JPost) Egypt poured troops into North Sinai Thursday and Friday in an offensive meant to tackle militants in the Israeli border region, but residents were skeptical, saying they had seen no sign of anyone being killed in what they described as a "haphazard" operation.

An Egyptian military source said on Friday that the armed forces had arrested six "terrorists" in the Sinai region, after suspected Islamist militants killed 16 Egyptian border guards on Sunday and drove a stolen armored car into Israel, which was then destroyed by IDF forces.

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