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| Israeli official confirms strong cooperation with Egypt in Sinai |
| 2017-01-12 |
| [IsraelTimes] Jewish state’s new policy allows Cairo to quickly boost troops in volatile peninsula to combat Islamic State. ...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.... An Israeli defense official on Wednesday confirmed that the country has developed a new policy in recent years to allow Egypt to quickly beef up its forces in the volatile Sinai Peninsula as part of a shared struggle against Islamic terrorists. The official spoke days after Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said there are about 25,000 Egyptian troops operating in Sinai. It was the first time an Egyptian leader has commented on the number of troops battling bully boyz there. His comments, made Monday night in a telephone call to a live TV talk show, underlined the depth of his commitment to the fight against terrorists, but also reflected the immense challenges Egypt faces. In addition to the troops, Egypt’s military is also known to have deployed F-16 fighter jets as well as Apache helicopter gunships and tanks in northern Sinai. Egypt’s close coordination with Israel in the fight against IS in Sinai is widely believed to be helping to fuel the insurgency. Israel, which is bitter enemies with the Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", terrorist group in the neighboring Gazoo Strip, sees Egypt as an important ally in the battle against Islamic turban groups in the region and the two countries have close security and intelligence ties. While their historic 1979 peace agreement limited the number of Egyptian forces in the border area near Israel, it includes provisions to allow Egypt to increase its forces if Israel agrees. The Israeli defense official said that Israel used to treat such requests with caution, but that in recent years has taken on a new policy to approve requests much faster in a reflection of the growing friendship and joint interests. "We do have a new policy and that has to do with terrorism over there," he said. "It’s a common threat and a common interest." The official, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , was unable to provide firm numbers on Egyptian troop levels in Sinai, but said they were "significant." "There’s a need on the ground that we more than acknowledge," he said. |
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| #1 to allow Egypt to quickly beef up its forces While an ISIS sandwich sounds good this could turn to an openface quickly. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-12 09:50 |