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| Egypt forces wounded after Sinai arrest raid |
| 2012-08-20 |
[Ma'an] Egyptian police and army officers incarcerated... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... five people, including Paleostinians, in two military operations after dawn on Saturday in the northern Sinai peninsula. Forces jugged Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! two Paleostinians who had been under surveillance for some time in the Safa district of Sinai city el-Arish, Egyptian security officials said. Security officers found quantities of drugs, but no weapons, during the campaign, which took place at dawn on Saturday. The suspects were transferred to the Security Directorate of North Sinai to complete legal proceedings. Egyptian forces also incarcerated ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... a man suspected of firing 15 rocket propelled grenades at Egyptian forces during the storming of a house in Sheikh Zuwaid on Wednesday. Forces also seized two members of Islamist group Takfir and Jihad during the operation in Bab Sidot village near Rafah. Three Egyptian coppers and a soldier were maimed when their vehicles came under fire from RPG rockets while returning from Rafah to el-Arish, the officials added. "The forces were entrapped by gunnies when they were returning from a raid in Rafah ... one armored vehicle was targeted by a rocket," the source said. They could not identify or pursue the attackers, he added. Egypt has launched a crackdown against suspected Islamist cut-throats in Sinai since an Aug. 5 attack on a military position that killed 16 Egyptian troops, by gunnies Israel killed after they subsequently stormed the Israeli border. Egypt blamed the border attack on "Islamic myrmidons" and has launched a joint army-police operation that has raided myrmidon hideouts, jugged Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! their members and seized weapons. Disorder has been spreading in turbulent North Sinai, a region awash with guns that has felt neglected by the central government since the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... last year in a popular uprising. Mubarak's government had worked closely with Israel to keep the border region under control. A Sinai-based Islamist myrmidon organization, the Salafi Jihadi Group, warned the Egyptian army last week that the crackdown on jihadists in the area would force it to fight back. |
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