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| Africa North |
| Islamist militants in Sinai rely on sophisticated networks of support, military experts say |
| 2015-07-02 |
| [AlAhram] Ahram Online spoke to two military experts on implications of Wednesday's of IS group terrorist attack on the Egyptian army in North Sinai on Wednesday Major General Hisham El-Halaby who teaches at the National Defence College of the Nasser Military academy- told Ahram Online that the initial number of gunnies who attacked the army in North Sinai earlier in the day was around 70. "Those 70 who attacked the forces in Sheikh Zuweid represented the first wave of attackers. The total number of attackers throughout the day might exceed 300 elements or even more. This is a new technique that the gunnies have been using in their operations," El-Halaby explained. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Rafah, that's Gaza crossing point? Opened as a humanitarian gesture recently? Am I at the right blog? I mean I have a vague memory of a fiver laid down on something. Perhaps some morning tea and toast with chilled strawberry jam will awake my memory. While I do this, widen the no build zone another klick. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-07-02 04:42 |