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Egyptian Army foils Islamic State attack on checkpoint in northern Sinai
[ALMASDARNEWS] On Thursday, gunnies loyal to 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.... reportedly launched an assault against government forces in a sparsely populated area west of Sheikh Zuweid, a predominately Bedouin town near the Gazoo Strip. As ISIS gunnies attempted to infiltrate a military checkpoint on the perimeter of Qabr Omair village, the Egyptian Army rushed reinforcements to the area and managed to hold its ground before driving the jihadist gunnies back into the vast desert of Sinai Province. Although heavy festivities were reported to have taken place by local sources, the exact corpse count on either side remains unbeknownst to al-Masdar News. On Saturday, Egypt was struck by one of its worst terror attacks in years after ISIS gunnies detonated a massive bomb inside the Rawdah mosque and opened fire upon civilians in the town of Bir al-Abed, also located in northern Sinai. According to officials, 305 Egyptian people were killed and a further 128 civilians maimed during the attack. Sadly, 27 children were among the dead. Posted by: Fred 2017-12-01 |
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