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Bombers Entered Sinai Through Tunnels From Hamas Territory, Used Stolen Israeli Weaponry, Cairo Officials Say
[IsraelTimes] Bombers entered Sinai through tunnels from Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, territory, used stolen Israeli weaponry, Cairo officials say
According to a report in the Egyptian El-Watan daily newspaper, initial investigation of the incident found that the attack was orchestrated by the Sinai-based Salafist turban group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis ... Supporters of Jerusalem, the current pen name of al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula... and that the bombers were trained in the Gazoo Strip under Mumtaz Durmush, head of Gazoo's turban Army of Islam terror group. After infiltrating into the Sinai Peninsula via smuggling tunnels from Gazoo, the bombers used stolen Israeli explosives and remote controlled devices to carry out the deadly attack, the pro-regime paper reported. It was not clear from the report how the Gazoo-based terrorist groups obtained the Israeli equipment. Hamas is known to have amassed considerable amounts of Israeli army weaponry and equipment, some of which was used in the summer's Israel-Hamas conflict. An earlier report in London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat on Monday quoted an Egyptian Interior Ministry official saying that Paleostinian holy warrior groups were behind the attack. Maj. Gen. Sameeh Beshadi, former head of security in the Northern Sinai district, told the paper that there was "no doubt that Paleostinian elements had taken part in the attacks" after slipping into Egypt from the Gazoo Strip. Hamas deputy politburo chief Mousa Abu Marzouk told Egyptian TV Monday that Hamas had no involvement in the attack. "We regret hearing about any drop of blood spilled in Egypt or anywhere in the Arab world as such news is very painful," Marzouk was quoted by Egypt's RNN News saying, denying any connection between the Islamist group ruling Gazoo and the Sinai attack. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-10-28 |
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