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Islamic State militants say killed 15 tribesmen in North Sinai
The Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... holy warrior group claimed it killed 15 rustics in North Sinai on Wednesday, in the latest episode of festivities between the holy warriors and local tribes. In a statement published on Thursday through its affiliated online Amaq agency, the IS group claimed that its affiliates in North Sinai ambushed a group of what it described as "pro-Egyptian army" rustics at a checkpoint west of the El-Perth area in the governorate, killing 15 of them. The group stated that it killed Salem Abu Lafy, a leading figure in the El-Tarabin tribe, one of Sinai's largest clans, during the ambush. On Wednesday the Sinai Tribes Union, a coalition of local tribes opposed to the IS group, confirmed in a statement on their official Facebook page the death of Abu Lafy during fighting with holy warriors, without disclosing specifics. The union vowed to avenge his death and the death of other members killed by the holy warrior group. The union also warned that the tribes, especially the El-Tarabin, would punish those who support the IS holy warrior group, harbour the holy warriors, or withhold information about the group from the tribes or the authorities. On Wednesday, the AP said unnamed security sources had confirmed 10 rustics were killed in the festivities. In late April, the El-Tarabin, Sawarka and Rumeilat tribes publicly declared they would "cleanse" North Sinai of the holy warrior group, in cooperation with the Egyptian armed forces. Egypt’s army and police forces have been battling a holy warrior Islamist insurgency in North Sinai centered in the cities of Arish, Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid for several years, with hundreds killed on both sides. The IS group has also killed Sinai residents, who it described as collaborators with the Egyptian authorities. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-05-12 |
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