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Egypt: Plot To Assassinate Al-Sisi, Elbaradei Uncovered
 [Ynet] Security officials say Sinai-based jihadists planned to attack convoys of senior figures behind Morsi's overthrow with grenades on first day of Eid al-Fitr holidayEgyptian intelligence agencies exposed this past week three armed terror cells in the Sinai peninsula that were working together to carry out a plan to assassinate senior military and police figures, Kuwait newspaper Alrai reported, citing Egyptian officials. Egyptian security services are currently seeking some 60 people who are suspected of being involved in the plot. According to the report, the conspirers planned to kill Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim and Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei Egyptian law scholar and sometime Iranian catspaw. He was head of the IAEA from December 1997 to November 2009. At some point during his tenure he was purchased by the Iranians. ElBaradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for something in 2005. ElBaradei served on the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group, a lefty NGO that is bankrolled by the Carnegie Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as George Soros' Open Society Institute. After the fall of Mubarak he ran for president. He lost. The officials said that as soon as the plot was exposed the suspects fled to the mountainous areas in Sinai. The suspects, who in the past have operated individually when they attacked sensitive facilities and army and police outposts, have now joined forces with the goal of assassinating those who were behind the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi. Alrai further reported that a Paleostinian conspirer who was incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! in Sinai revealed that 12 of the suspects who fled belong to the Paleostinian Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, movement, while the rest are Salafists ...Salafists are ostentatiously devout Moslems who figure the ostentation of their piety gives them the right to tell others how to do it and to kill those who don't listen to them... The Egyptian officials said the Islamists planned to arrive in Cairo on the first day of Eid al-Fitr -- the holiday marking the end of Ramadan -- and carry out the attack on the senior figures' motorcades using grenades obtained from Libyan arms smugglers. Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Slats grabbed his rosco... the Paleostinian news agency Ma'an reported that Egyptian police have arrested 12 Paleostinians from Gazoo as part of an operation in the city of El-Arish to track down infiltrators. The detainees were transferred to Cairo for further interrogation. On Sunday, separate attacks by jihadists on army positions in Sinai resulted in the death of two soldiers. Monday night saw unknown assailants, thought to belong to an bully boy religious group in North Sinai, use improvised bombs to blow up the shrines of two religious leaders. The first shrine belonged to Sheikh Hamid Abu Jarir, located in the Al-Mughara region of the city of Al-Hassana in Central Sinai, with the second belonging to Sheikh Salim Ashraf Abu Jarir in the Mazar region in the city of Bir Al-Abd. The attacks were coordinated and took place at the same time, with the assailants fleeing both scenes in four-wheel-drive pickup trucks without license plates. Over the weekend a senior Egyptian official said 90 suspects, including seven Paleostinians, have been arrested over the past month during military operations in Sinai. He said 60 gunnies have been killed, among them 30 Paleostinians. Posted by: trailing wife 2013-08-07 |
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