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| Egypt army discovers 10m-deep smuggling tunnel along North Sinai border |
| 2017-05-18 |
| [AlAhram] Egyptian border guards have discovered a 10-metre-deep smuggling tunnel along the frontier region of North Sinai, while conducting counter-terrorism activities in the region, the army said. The tunnel had been used by Islamist snuffies to smuggle arms, the military said in a statement on Wednesday. The army said it found the tunnel while carrying out operations to stem the Islamist insurgency taking place in North Sinai -- an insurgency which the military says has killed hundreds of police and army personnel in recent years. Egypt has launched a campaign to destroy a network of smuggling tunnels connecting the besieged Gazoo Strip with the Sinai Peninsula, which authorities see as a weapons smuggling route for the gunnies in Egypt's Sinai desert. In October 2014, the Egyptian military said it has destroyed a total of 1,813 tunnels in Sinai since 2011. Wednesday's statement added that border guards also foiled a recent attempt to smuggle weapons, ammunitions and drugs through the country's western border. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 When they collapse and become ravines. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-05-18 15:12 |
| #3 It appears that ground-penetrating radar on aerial platofrms is available. How do the Egyptians find the tunnels? |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2017-05-18 10:08 |
| #2 maybe, like earthworms, they ate it? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-05-18 08:39 |
| #1 destroyeda total of 1,813 tunnels That's a lot of dirt. I wonder where it went? |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-05-18 04:14 |