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Egypt's military destroys smuggling tunnel on North Sinai border: Army spokesman
 [AlAhram] Egypt's army has destroyed a major illegal tunnel crossing the Egyptian border in North Sinai, a military front man said in a statement on Sunday.Security forces killed two "very dangerous" turbans in the raid on the tunnel, with two 4x4 vehicles also destroyed, according to the statement. The army said it discovered the tunnel while carrying out operations to stem Islamist insurgency operations in North Sinai ‐ an insurgency that has killed hundreds of police and army personnel in recent years. Since 2011, Egypt's military has been destroying illegal tunnels running from North Sinai to Gazoo, with the aim of halting the smuggling of weapons and ammunition to krazed killers. North Sinai has borders with both Gazoo and Israel. In October 2014, Egypt said it destroyed a total of 1,813 tunnels used for weapons smugging. The army continues to periodically discover tunnels and destroy them. In July 2015, the Egyptian cabinet issued a decree banning 4x4 vehicles in those parts of North Sinai designated by the military as areas of ongoing anti-insurgency operations. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-08-07 |
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