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| Egyptian army in Sinai Peninsula doubles in a year, with Israel’s blessing |
| 2018-03-01 |
| [IsraelTimes] Eighty-eight Egyptian battalions with 42,000 soldiers fighting Islamic State, up from 41 battalions and 25,000 men a year ago The Egyptian army has doubled its forces in the Sinai Peninsula over the past year, with Israel’s blessing, to battle 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.... jihadist cells in the area, Israel’s Kan television news reported Wednesday. According to the Egyptian military’s chief of staff, 88 battalions with 42,000 soldiers are currently stationed in the peninsula, up from 41 battalions and 25,000 men a year ago. The 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty places strict limits on the numbers of Egyptian and Israeli troops that can be stationed on either side of the Sinai desert border, but it does allow troop increases by one country if the other agrees. An IDF front man said that the Israeli army constantly monitors Egyptian military operations in the peninsula. "The Egyptian army has increased its forces in Sinai over the past year in the face of the threat of Islamic State. This increase has been carried out in coordination with the IDF," the front man said. The IDF has in the past protested the rare occasions in which Egypt deployed additional troops to the peninsula without consulting Israel, the front man added. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Yea, well, I hope somebody keeps an eye on them. And there are plans to make Sinai their grave if they misbehave - third time is a charm. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-01 04:22 |