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Shadowy Ansar militants rattle Egypt
[Beirut Daily Star] A shadowy Islamist krazed killer group based in the remote Sinai desert is emerging as a major threat to Egypt's stability, and there are no signs that the army-backed government has devised an effective strategy to contain it.With liquidations, suicide kabooms and shootings, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has earned a spot on the global jihad map and its bloody campaign spreading across Egypt is cause for alarm in the West, which sees the biggest Arab nation as a strategic partner. The group has stepped up attacks on coppers and soldiers since army chief Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi toppled Islamist President Mohammad Morsi in July. Hundreds have been killed. Posted by: Fred 2014-02-20 |
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