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| Militants Kill 5 At Roadblocks In Sinai Region |
| 2014-11-14 |
| [NY Times] Militants who set up checkpoints and scoured civilian cars for off-duty security personnel killed five soldiers and coppers in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, according to security officials. The attacks came despite a large-scale military campaign in the area to root out jihadist groups after the massacre of 31 soldiers last month. The holy warriors' ability to set up their own roadblocks -- in what is essentially a military zone -- was a stark reminder of the government's faltering effort to contain an insurgency that has killed hundreds of soldiers and officers. Separately, the Egyptian military said it was searching for eight seamen in the Mediterranean, a day after gunnies in several boats -- possibly smugglers -- fired on a naval vessel. The military blamed "terrorists" for the assault. |
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