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Hasm militant group claims responsibility for Maadi police checkpoint attack
The hard boy group Hasm has grabbed credit for an attack on a police checkpoint in Maadi, North Cairo, late on Saturday in which a policeman was killed and four others injured. In a statement published on Sunday on its official social media accounts and website, the hard boy group claimed the attack, linking it to an Egypt-Saudi maritime border demarcation agreement that places two Red Sea islands within Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... n territory. The Hasm statement said the checkpoint attack was "retaliation" for the Egyptian state's "attack on protesters and citizens" who reject the "sale of the land", referring to the islands of Tiran and Sanafir. On Wednesday, the Egyptian parliament approved the border demarcation agreement, which recognizes Tiran and Sanafir as Saudi sovereign territory. The deal is now awaiting the ratification of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi before being implemented. Hasm has claimed a number of attacks against Egyptian security forces personnel, mostly stationed at checkpoints. Several public figures, such as former grand mufti Sheikh Ali Gomaa, have also been targetted. Egyptian security bodies say that dozens of Hasm members have been placed in durance vile Please don't kill me! in the past few months. According to interior ministry officials, the group is linked to the Moslem Brüderbund organization. Both groups are designated as terrorist organizations in Egypt. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-06-20 |
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