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Africa North
Suspicion Haunts Egypt Border Residents Evicted by Army
2014-11-18
Buried in a heart wrenching tale of those poor, innocent Egyptians evicted from their homes on the border of Gazoo by the army, these interesting tidbits:
[AnNahar] The buffer zone with the Paleostinian Islamist-controlled enclave is Cairo's latest security measure to stem jihadists reportedly infiltrating from across the border. More than 800 homes are being demolished and 1,100 families displaced to build the 500-metre (yard) wide and 13.5-kilometre (about eight-mile) long buffer zone in North Sinai province.

Although President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi himself has apologised to the people displaced by the new buffer zone, and has even promised them compensation, few El-Arish residents have any empathy towards those from Rafah. They believe people from Rafah and other border towns have amassed fortunes by smuggling goods and weapons through the tunnels, especially since Israel imposed a blockade on the Paleostinian enclave in 2006.

The government said that those who owned houses where the entrances to such tunnels were discovered will not receive compensation.

Those displaced "have taken precautions and have long since bought land in the province of Sharqiya, and in Ismailiya" or in upscale areas of El-Arish, charged a retired civil servant in the town who gave his name as Mohammed.

Even some residents of Rafah agree this has happened. Among them are "millionaires who don't need any compensation from the state", said Ahmed, who moved to El-Arish from Rafah last year. "A labourer transporting goods through the tunnels earned between 1,000 and 1,500 Egyptian pounds ($140 to $210, 110-165 euros) a day. Imagine how much a tunnel owner made," he added.
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