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Day 3: Egypt's military says 16 militants killed in major Sinai operation
[AlAhram] The military issued the first casualty figures since Operation Sinai 2018 was launched on Friday, along with reports of krazed killer targets destroyed and raided in the counter-terrorism driveSixteen turbans have been killed and four tossed in the slammer Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! in northern and central Sinai in a massive anti-terrorism operation waged by military and security forces, Egypt's army said on Sunday, in the first announcement of casualties since the campaign was launched two days ago. Thirty other suspects have been captured and 66 targets, 4x4 vehicles, cycle of violence  s and arms caches used by turbans were destroyed in extensive raids in the border region, the military said in its statement.Operation Sinai 2018 was launched on Friday morning, involving land, naval and air forces, as well as the police and border guards, targeting "terrorist and criminal elements and organizations" in northern and central Sinai, as well as parts of the Nile Delta and the Western Desert. "The air force targeted and destroyed 66 targets used by terrorist elements to hide from air and artillery attacks, and to escape from their bases during raids," the statement said. "Sixteen turbans have been killed," it added. Egypt has for years been battling an Islamist militancy based in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula that mainly targets security forces. The army said it has killed hundreds of turbans in military operations there. Sunday's statement said that security forces also uncovered and destroyed a media centre with computers, wireless communication equipment, books and documents related to jihadi ideology. In addition, six farms used to grow illegal narcotics were found and destroyed.
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