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| With Egypt’s blessing, Israel conducting drone strikes in Sinai — report |
| 2016-07-12 |
| [IsraelTimes] As Egyptian foreign minister visits Jerusalem, Bloomberg quotes former Israeli official on bombing runs against Islamists Israel has carried out drone strikes against faceless myrmidons operating in the Sinai Peninsula in recent years, according to a Bloomberg news report Monday that quoted an unnamed former bigwig. The While it has become a well-known secret that Jerusalem and Cairo cooperate closely on security measures in the Sinai and Gazoo, many of the details of that relationship have been kept a closely guarded secret. This report, published during Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry’s visit to Jerusalem, sheds additional light on covert security cooperation, which has come along with increasingly close ties on the political front. Israeli military officials believe that despite ideological differences, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, in Gazoo is cooperating with ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... or other gangs in Egypt’s neighboring Sinai region. They praise Egypt’s crackdown on Hamas’s cross-border smuggling tunnels, which had been a main conduit for weapons into Gazoo, and say the Egyptian military is doing an admirable job in a fierce battle against IS murderous Moslems in Sinai. Israel has allowed Egypt to move heavy weapons like tanks, artillery and attack helicopters into the Sinai to fight holy warriors, overlooking provisions in the landmark 1979 peace treaty between the two countries. The two sides also are considered to have close intelligence ties. The two countries have entered something of a golden age in their relationship since Sissi assumed the country’s leadership in 2013. “This is one of the best times we’ve ever had" in terms of cooperation between governments, Israeli ambassador to Cairo Haim Koren said recently. "There’s good cooperation between the armies, we have understandings about the Sinai Peninsula, and basically, we see (eye-to-eye) on development of the region." After decades of wars followed by years of an uneasy peace, Israel has emerged as an increasingly public ally to Sissi, along with powerhouse 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... and smaller, wealthy Gulf Arab countries. Israel often praises Sissi for his tough stance on terrorism, and considers him a key ally in what it sees as a shared battled against Islamic Lion of Islams. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sissi often speak on the phone. In May, Netanyahu welcomed what he described as Sissi’s "willingness" to help advance the grinding of the peace processor with the Paleostinians, after Sissi said that Egypt’s relations with Israel could be warmer if it made peace with the Paleostinians. “We have common enemies in the sense of terrorism, or if you like, radical Islamic terrorism, emerged from the same root no matter if it happens to be Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, or the Moslem Brüderbund, ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... or al-Qaeda," Koren said. Sissi "understood quickly that we are all in the same boat," he added. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 This is gonna turn out well. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-07-12 16:58 |