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Egypt Troops Kill Suspect in Deadly Sinai Attacks
 [An Nahar] Egyptian troops killed a key suspect Tuesday wanted over attacks on the army in the Sinai this year and deadly 2004 and 2006 bombings of tourist resorts, security officials said.Troops killed Mohammed Hussein Mohareb al-Shahir, his son and a third suspected bully boy in an operation south of the North Sinai town of Sheikh Zuwayed, the officials said. Another four suspected snuffies were captured in the operation, part of an intensifying campaign by the army in the restive peninsula which borders both Israel and the Gazoo Strip. Shahir was suspected of involvement in a spate of attacks on the security forces in the Sinai in recent months, including an August 19 ambush that killed 25 coppers in the deadliest attack of its kind in years. Security sources said he was also implicated in bombings of tourist resorts in the south of the peninsula that killed dozens of people, among them Israeli and Western holidaymakers, in 2004 and 2006. They said he had issued a fatwa, or religious decree, justifying attacks on the security forces. That was certainly convenient, wasn't it? Posted by: Fred 2013-11-27 |
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