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Jihadists Claim Egypt's Ismailiya Car Bombing
[An Nahar] An al-Qaeda-inspired group operating in the Sinai Peninsula claimed Monday a boom-mobileing outside a military building in Egypt's Suez Canal city of Ismailiya which maimed six soldiers.The attack on Saturday destroyed part of the military compound's wall and set fire to several cars in the area. A second boom-mobile was also found in the area but it was defused. "We, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, announce that we are responsible for the attack against the building of military intelligence in Ismailiya (carried out) with an aim to clean Egypt of dens of criminals and collaborators," the group said in a statement posted on jihadist forums. "We advise our people in Egypt to stay away from any army and police building as they are legitimate targets of mujahideens." Ansar Beit al-Maqdis had also claimed a boom-mobileing in September that targeted the convoy of Egypt's interior minister Mohammed Ibrahim. He was not hurt in the attack. The group has previously claimed attacks against neighboring Israel. Ismailiya and surrounding areas have seen regular attacks on police and military personnel, especially since the military toppled Islamist president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... on July 3. More than 100 coppers have been killed across Egypt in attacks and festivities since then. The military has been conducting an extensive operation in the restive Sinai Peninsula, east of the Suez canal to crack down on Islamist krazed killers. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-22 |
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