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| Recently-emerged militant group claims attack on Egyptian prosecutor |
| 2016-10-01 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A recently-emerged myrmidon group called the Hasm Movement grabbed credit on Friday for an liquidation attempt on a senior Egyptian prosecutor, saying it was in Dire Revenge for death sentences handed to thousands of convicts. The organization, which has claimed four other attacks since July, said it set off the boom-mobile that went kaboom!near a vehicle carrying assistant prosecutor general Zakaria Abdel Aziz from his office to his home in Cairo on Thursday. He and his entourage were not hurt but one passerby was maimed. Hasm, the Arabic word for decisiveness, accused judges of sentencing thousands of innocent defendants to death, or jailing them for life, at the behest of the military. "You will face justice," it said in a statement that mixed Islamist and anti-government political rhetoric. Egypt is facing an Islamist insurgency led by ISIS’s branch in North Sinai, where hundreds of soldiers and police have been killed. Judges and other bigwigs have increasingly been targeted by radical Islamists angered by hefty prison sentences imposed on members of the now-outlawed Moslem Brüderbund. The Brotherhood, which says it is a peaceful organization, won Egypt's first free elections after the 2011 uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... 's 30-year rule. But its presidential candidate, Mohammed Mursi, was himself deposed after mass protests against his rule and replaced by general turned President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi in 2013. Sisi has since overseen a crackdown on opposition in which hundreds of Brotherhood supporters were killed and thousands, including Mursi, enjugged Book 'im, Mahmoud! or sentenced to death. Hasm’s statement on Friday included several photographs of what appeared to be Abdel Aziz’s car with the caption "target’s car" as well as his house and guards. Hasm has also said it was behind an liquidation attempt last month on Egypt’s former Grand Mufti, Ali Gomaa, once one of the country’s top religious authorities. Gomaa is an outspoken critic of Islamist groups, including the Moslem Brüderbund, and in his previous job had the final say on whether to confirm death sentences. Egypt receives second shipment of MRAP vehicles from US [AlAhram] The vehicles were originally designed for US military operations in Afghanistan and provide more protection for soldiers. This is not the first shipment that the US has transferred to Egypt. Last May, an initial shipment of a total of 762 MRAP vehicles was transferred to Egypt from the US at no-cost under the US Department of Defence’s Excess Defense Articles grant programme. The new vehicles, originally designed for US military operations in Afghanistan, provide enhanced levels of protection to soldiers, and are proven to save lives. |
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