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Egypt says 3 Grad missiles found in Sinai
2012-07-02
SINAI (Ma'an) -- Three Grad missiles were found near al-Reisan village in the Sinai desert Saturday evening, witnesses said.
Congratulations are due to the Gazan rocketeers, who managed to hit Egypt, though it was not what they were aiming for.
The commander of northern Sinai security services Ahmad Bakr told Egyptian media that police arrived on the scene and collected remnants of the explosives. They are trying to determine their origin, he said.

Egyptian officials initially announced finding a simple projectile in the Sinai.

In June the Israeli army said a Grad rocket was fired into southern Israel, possibly from Egypt.

Egyptian security officials said at the time that a sweep of the Sinai border area was carried out and they were certain the rocket was not launched from Egyptian territory.
"Once ze rockets go up
who cares veyr zey come down?
Dat's not my department," says Werner von Braun.
Separately an Egyptian officer was killed and four others were maimed Saturday when their vehicle came under fire by unidentified gunnies near the village of al-Hasana in the central Sinai.
Which implies a certain malice aforethought...
Security sources told Egyptian media that gunnies fired heavily at a military vehicle, and when the driver tried to speed away, it flipped over. As a result, officer Mahmoud al-Khatib died and four others were hurt.

The Egyptian daily al-Masri al-Youm reported thon the lam numbers of Egyptian forces and coppers started to canvas the area looking for gunnies.

The northern Sinai was placed under a security alert last last month due to the Egyptian elections, and authorities deployed special forces and counter terrorism units in the border region.

The changes were made after consultations with Israel, officials said at the time.
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