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Gunmen Kill 3 Egyptian Police in Sinai
[AnNahar] Gunmen rubbed out on Wednesday three Egyptian coppers in the Sinai Peninsula, where forces of Evil regularly launch attacks on security forces, the interior ministry said.The three coppers, including a colonel, were traveling in a pick-up truck in North Sinai's scenic provincial capital El-Arish when assailants in a car shot at them and fled, the ministry said in a statement. The attack came several days after two coppers were killed in a roadside kabooming at the entrance to the town. Egypt's military is battling an Islamist insurgency in the peninsula that has left scores of coppers and soldiers dead since the army overthrew Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last year and cracked down on his supporters. The government declared a state of emergency in parts of North Sinai after an October 24 suicide kaboom near El-Arish killed at least 30 soldiers in the deadliest assault on security forces since Morsi's ouster. Militant groups claim their attacks are in retaliation for a government crackdown targeting Islamists that has left hundreds dead and thousands tossed in the calaboose You have the right to remain silent... . Posted by: trailing wife 2014-11-27 |
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