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| Masked men burn Saudi consulate cars in Egypt |
| 2014-10-25 |
| [ARABNEWS] Masked men set fire to two cars belonging to the consulate of 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... in the Egyptian city of Suez on Friday morning, local security sources and the state news agency reported. Security sources told Rooters at least four men threw crude fire bombs at the vehicles. State news agency MENA said the cars were parked in a lot in Suez's Arbaeen district. Major General Tareq Al-Gazoor, director of security in the city, said authorities were working to identify the attackers. The Saudi embassy in Cairo declined to comment. Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait have supported Egypt with large-scale aid in cash and petroleum products. Security sources, meanwhile, said two attacks in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula killed at least 28 security personnel. More than 25 people died in the first attack in the Al-Kharouba area northwest of Al-Arish, near the Gazoo Strip, the sources said. Medical sources expected the toll to increase because some of the maimed were in a critical condition. The car kaboom targeted two armoured vehicles stopped at a checkpoint near an army installation, the sources said. One Sinai-based official said the attack was by rocket-propelled grenade. More than 25 people were maimed. Hours later, gunnies opened fire on a checkpoint in Al-Arish, killing three members of the security forces, officials said. The maimed and dead were transported by military helicopters to Cairo, state news agency MENA reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |