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| ISIS claims deadly attack in Egypt’s Sinai, according to propaganda arm | |
| 2019-06-06 | |
"ISIS fighters this morning launched two simultaneous attacks on two police checkpoints in the city of El-Arish," said a statement released by the bad boy group’s propaganda wing, Amaq. It claimed that 10 coppers were killed in the two attacks; one on a checkpoint south of El-Arish and another on a second checkpoint in a "nearby area". It said the twin operation was designed to "divide" the attention of security forces and give murderous Moslems enough time to pull back before reinforcements arrived. The country’s interior ministry said eight Egyptian policeman were killed in an attack on the northeastern region, a hotbed of a years-long insurgency by bully boys, some linked to ISIS. Egyptian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? said there were fears the corpse count could rise, amid reports of attacks on multiple checkpoints. Amaq said the operation also aimed to undermine attempts by Egyptian police to portray El-Areesh as being safe from ISIS attacks. Egypt has for years been battling North Sinai forces of Evil affiliated with the ISIS bad boy group. Hundreds of coppers and soldiers have been killed in attacks which surged after the army’s ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in 2013. The interior ministry said last month it had intelligence that murderous Moslems were planning attacks on "important and vital facilities," as well as prominent figures in El-Arish. In late 2017, North Sinai was the scene of the deadliest bad boy attack in Egypt’s modern history when murderous Moslems killed more than 300 worshippers at a mosque, without any group claiming responsibility. In February 2018, the army launched a nationwide offensive against the Islamists, focused mainly on the North Sinai. According to official figures, around 650 murderous Moslems have been killed since the start of the operation, while the army has lost some 50 soldiers. | |
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