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25 IS-linked jihadists said killed in Sinai |
2015-02-08 |
[IsraelTimes] Egyptian ... Supporters of Jerusalem, the current pen name of al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula... , a week after deadly attacks against soldiers The Egyptian army killed some 25 IS-affiliated jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, according to a report by Israel Radio. The army carried out several Clashes between Islamists and Egyptian troops broke out after a large attack last Thursday, when jihadists targeted security forces with rockets and a boom-mobile in North Sinai province in simultaneous attacks claimed by an affiliate of the 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.... group. At least 30 people were killed in the attacks. Last week's attacks were the deadliest since October 2014 when 30 soldiers were killed and scores maimed in simultaneous assaults. The Islamic State group's Egyptian affiliate, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, grabbed credit for those assaults, saying on Twitter that it had "executed extensive, simultaneous attacks in the cities of el-Arish, Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah." The organization in November pledged allegiance to IS, which has captured large chunks of territory in Syria and Iraq. Also Friday, 35 Islamic State fighters were said killed in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , Iraq, in a series of |
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