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| Egypt Declares Emergency In Northern Sinai | |
| 2014-10-26 | |
[Ynet] Following deadly attack that killed 30 Egyptian troops, national defense council vows Dire Revenge, decides to close Rafah crossing, enforce a 3-hour curfew.
State TV also announced closure of the Rafah crossing, Gazoo's only non-Israeli passage to outside world. A coordinated assault on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula killed 30 Egyptian troops on Friday, making it the deadliest single attack in decades on the military, which has been struggling to stem a wave of violence by Islamic Death Eaters since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Officials described it as "well-planned" attack that began with a boom-mobile which may have been set off by a suicide kaboomer. Other Death Eaters then fired rocket-propelled grenades, striking a tank carrying ammunition and igniting a secondary kaboom. Roadside bombs intended to target rescuers struck two army vehicles, seriously wounding a senior officer. State-run TV said festivities between troops and Death Eaters followed the bombing, without providing further details. The boom-mobile went kaboom!at the check point at around 3:30pm Cairo time, and took place some 9 miles (15 kilometers) from the northern Sinai city of al-Arish, in an area called Karm al-Qawadees. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but officials said the assault bore the hallmarks of the country's most active bully boy group - named Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, or Champions of Jerusalem - which has claimed a string of past attacks on security forces. The officials said the corpse count is expected to rise because 28 people were maimed and several were at death's door. Headed by Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, the National Defense Council vowed that the army would take "Dire Revenge for the shedding of dear blood." It instructed authorities to take measures which it described necessary to protect lives of civilians. Al-Sisi, the former defense minister and army chief who overthrew Morsi last year, announced a three-day mourning period. He has said in the past that the Death Eaters hide in populated areas, making it difficult for the military to combat them. The United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... Security Council released a statement condemning the attack and reiterated its determination to combat all forms of terrorism. "The members of the Security Council underlined the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of this terrorist attack to justice," the statement said. An official said the government is considering the eviction of residents living in small northern Sinai villages that are considered the "most dangerous" bully boy bastions, and declaring certain areas to be closed military zones. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to media. The TV presenters dressed in black and displayed a black ribbon at the top of the screen while patriotic songs played. Egypt's official news agency MENA said military helicopters ferried the dead and maimed to Cairo hospitals. Egypt's top Islamic authority, Grand Mufti Shawki Allam, condemned the attacks and said those who carry out acts of terrorism "deserve God's wrath on Earth and at the end of days." Islamic Death Eaters have been battling security forces in Sinai for a decade, but the violence spiked after the military overthrew Morsi in July 2013 amid massive protests demanding his resignation. Suicide bombings and liquidations have also spread to other parts of Egypt, with Death Eaters targeting police in Cairo and the Nile Delta. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Looks this AM like Cairo = Egyptian Govt-Army wants to set up a buffer zone in the Sinai as part of its response to this attack. Its unlikely Egypt will be willing to hand over sovereign control of the Gaza strip to the PA = Hamas after this incident, iff e-v-a-r??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-10-26 22:32 |
| #1 Bet the kaa nives of the long night are near. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-10-26 10:25 |