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BREAKING: More than 54 85 235 dead, 75 80 100+ wounded in Sinai Bombing, shooting attack
2017-11-24
[Jpost] A combined bombing and shooting attack at a mosque in the northern Sinai on Friday has caused major casualties, according to Egyptian officials.

A state of emergency was declared across the province following the attack that came as worshipers were conducting their Friday prayers at the Al Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, west of Arish city.

At least 54 were killed and 75 were wounded in the attack, according to a health ministry spokesman.

Egyptian defense officials said the attack began with explosions and then assailants began firing with machine guns into the mosque.

Witnesses said militants entered the mosque, shot the worshipers, lit a vehicle outside the mosque on fire, and then proceeded to close the area to prevent rescue forces from operating.

The Sinai Peninsula has been the arena for increasing violence between the Egyptian military and jihadi militants loyal to ISIS.

In the past, military or police checkpoints and convoys were the preferred tactic.
Update from Al Ahram at 7:55 a.m. ET:
Eighty-five dead, 80 injured.

According to eyewitnesses who spoke to Al-Ahram’s Arabic website, the gunmen fired heavily on worshippers after IEDs were detonated at the mosque.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#22  AQ press release: we are killing Sufi heretics softly and also tourism.
Posted by: Alpha2c   2017-11-24 23:41  

#21  Trouble is that these ISIS chaps are amassing rather close to the Israel borders. This must be the lead-up to Operation Hell on Earth.
Posted by: Elmomble Stalin1827   2017-11-24 21:00  

#20  ty Woodrow
Posted by: Frank G   2017-11-24 19:59  

#19  So there are moderate Muslims.
It's just that the normal Muslims keep murdering them.
Posted by: Flinetch Angavimble7487   2017-11-24 18:28  

#18  More properly, Commodore Frank Leader of Turbans.
Posted by: Shipman   2017-11-24 16:11  

#17  Gaza crossing is closed after this.
Posted by: newc   2017-11-24 15:46  

#16  The sufis not muslim enough?
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-11-24 15:37  

#15  Yes sir F, glass raised to you. Always an honor.
Posted by: Woodrow   2017-11-24 15:23  

#14  Orthodox attitude towards Sufis
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2017-11-24 15:05  

#13  Salafists still at work?
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-11-24 14:24  

#12  killing heretics may not get you in to muslim instant heaven but it does help

Q 33:21 states that Mohammud is an excellent example and other Quranic verses support that

put that together with the story told by ibn kathir in his commentary (tafsir) that Mohammud ordered the mosque of Masjid al dirar to be burned because they were heretics or apostates or something similar - so from that point of view, this terrorist act is an act of piety
Posted by: lord garth   2017-11-24 13:58  

#11  Awe, shucks...no need for the "Mr. Frank". It's just Frank G :-)

oh, wait
Posted by: Frank G   2017-11-24 13:39  

#10  Egypt mosque attack: Bomb and gun assault kills at least 235 people
Mr Frank made a good point we all need to understand. Sufi Islam is a mystical interpretation of the religion and its followers are considered heretics by Islamic fundamentalists. Not "radicals".
Posted by: Woodrow   2017-11-24 12:39  

#9  So what part of this killing fellow moslems is supposed to get you that ticket to paradise?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2017-11-24 12:14  

#8  Going to take more than candles and flowers to rid this world of this plague .
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-11-24 10:57  

#7  In its fifth update to the link above, Al Ahram says at least 235 died, 109 injured.

I thought the Gaza crossing was to be open for two days, as is customary, but I could be wrong. At the time we predicted trouble — it’s a sure bet.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-11-24 10:32  

#6  Asymmetric?
The Thanksgiving Parade was a protected soft target.
Friday prayers in Egypt not at all and easier to get to.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-11-24 10:11  

#5  200
Posted by: Frank G   2017-11-24 10:11  

#4  up to 190 dead - latest

also, earlier this week the Gaza border station at Rafah was opened for several hours -- could be that the operation was planning in Gaza

also, the terrorists used 4 off road vehicles in the attack
Posted by: lord garth   2017-11-24 09:10  

#3  but they were just Sufis, not "real Muslims"
Posted by: Frank G   2017-11-24 09:00  

#2  over 150 dead as of last update

location is about 25 miles west of Gaza border

could be an old ISIS affiliate with a new name and new weapons
Posted by: lord garth   2017-11-24 08:51  

#1  Allan will be pleased
Posted by: Frank G   2017-11-24 08:46  

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