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| Egypt military kills over 58 militants across Sinai in three days | |
| 2016-05-23 | |
[Iran Press TV] Egyptian security forces have conducted a series of fresh raids against the hideouts of bully boyz in the North African country’s restive Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 58 gunnies over three days.
Three bad boys, including a ringleader, were killed when security forces raided their hideout in south Rafah, while four others were killed when troops attacked their positions in el-Arish's al-Jurah district and the town of Berth. Also on Friday, at least 51 bully boyz were killed after Egyptian military supported by the air force conducted massive raids against the bad boy positions in north and central Sinai. According to Egyptian security sources, 43 of them were killed in and around Arish, Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah, while six others were killed in the mountainous Halal region in central Sinai. Two others were also killed while they were attempting to target a security patrol south of Sheikh Zuwaid. Two top bad boy commanders are among those killed in the massive security operations. Egyptian forces also destroyed 12 buildings along with a farm used by bully boyz as bases to carry out attacks across the troubled region. They also managed to destroy four trucks, five cycle of violences and a huge fuel dump belonging to the bad boys. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 It's a start . . . . Step it up, boys. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-05-23 20:43 |
| #1 People forget that within weeks of the 'Arab Spring' Egypts jails were emptied and Egypt Islamic Jihad and Jammaa Islamiya revolutionaries made a beeline straight to Sinai. There they received the direct support of Gaza's Hamas. Rooting them out now is tough going. |
| Posted by: Phineck Grung3296 2016-05-23 17:56 |