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Egypt police thwart attempt to transport arms to North Sinai: Interior ministry
[AlAhram] Egypt's interior ministry announced on Saturday that it has thwarted an attempt by "terrorist groups"
...Ansar Bayt al Maqdis/IS in the Sinai, Bedouin smugglers, Muslim Brotherhood remnants, Salafists, Hamas special forces training groups -- so many possibilities...
to transport 260 automatic rifles and shotguns to North Sinai from other governorates.

In a statement on its official Facebook page, the ministry said Lions of Islam attempted to transport the arms from a spot on the Ismailia-Sharqiya border and from another location in Beni Suef governorate.

The statement added that a number of suspects have been incarcerated
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
 and that police are pursuing others allegedly involved in the smuggling attempt.

The police operation came one day after 12 army personnel and 15 Lions of Islam were killed in a shootout when an gang assaulted a North Sinai security checkpoint, according to state officials.

Early on Saturday, Egypt’s Armed Forces launched Arclight airstrikes on a number of "terrorist hideouts" and arms depots in North Sinai, the army announced, adding that its offensive on holy warriors in North Sinai is still ongoing.

In a long interview with three state-owned newspapers published on Saturday, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said the security situation is improving and efforts are still ongoing.

"The war is long, holy warriors are developing themselves, and we are developing our operations," El-Sisi said.

Hundreds of security forces in North Sinai have been killed in attacks by Islamist Lions of Islam since the ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in July 2013.

Egyptian security forces say they have killed hundreds of Lions of Islam in North Sinai during the same period.
Posted by: trailing wife 2016-10-16
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