| It’s been a while since we’ve heard about Operation Sinai 2018,.. |
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...s and nabbed
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
dozens of suspects in an ongoing crackdown in Sinai, the army said in a statement on Thursday.
The attacks are part of a major security operation, Operation Sinai 2018, which involves the army, navy, air force and police and which was launched in February to target and destroy "terrorist and criminal elements and organizations" in northern and central Sinai, parts of the Nile Delta and the country's Western Desert.
Army forces killed 12 "very dangerous" armed terrorist elements during raids in northern and central Sinai, while police personnel killed 20 others and arrested three, army front man Tamer El-Refaie said.
The armed forces’ front man announced the deaths in a video communiqué published on the Egyptian military's official Facebook page on Tuesday. The statement said the turbans were killed over the past few days.
The air force, which has been conducting
s in northern and central Sinai since the operation started, also recently destroyed 21 targets and two vehicles loaded with weapons in North Sinai, the front man said.The Arabic word "takfiri" refers to hardline Sunni Moslems who accuse other Moslems of being infidels, often as a justification for using violence against them.
The deaths bring the total number of those killed since the operation began to more than 300, including at least 37 military personnel, according to calculations based on military statements.
The front man added that nine "very dangerous" turbans and 84 criminal runaways have been arrested in recent days, while 1099 people of different nationalities have been captured while attempting to enter Egypt illegally through the country's western border with Libya.
Forces have also recently destroyed 272 hideouts used by turbans to store weapons in central and northern Sinai, and a weapon cache near the country’s western border.
Military engineers have discovered and destroyed 15 bombs planted to target forces at operation sites, he added.
Security forces have also recently uncovered and destroyed more than two dozen farms used to grow banned narcotics.