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    Egypt targets al-Qaida-linked militants in Sinai

    By ASHRAF SWEILAM - Associated Press | AP – Fri, Aug 12, 2011

    EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — The Egyptian army has deployed thousands of troops to the Sinai peninsula as part of a major operation against al-Qaida-inspired militants, two senior military officials said Friday.

    The soldiers, backed by armored vehicles and commandos, have moved into the northern Sinai city of el-Arish and will target Islamist extremists in the cities of Rafah, Sheikh Zawiyed and other areas in central Sinai, the officials said on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief the media.

    Al-Qaida-inspired militants have been increasingly active in Sinai since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak in February, taking advantage of the security vacuum caused by the abrupt withdrawal of police forces. Authorities have blamed the militants for attacks on police patrols as well as a string of bombings on gas pipelines running through the peninsula.

    In the most brazen assault, hundreds of masked militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons stormed a police station in el-Arish, killing five people and wounding 28. They also spread pamphlets calling for the imposition of Islamic Sharia law.

    There are no known groups in Egypt with direct organizational links to al-Qaida, although several senior members of the group, including current chief Ayman al-Zawahri, are Egyptian.

    Egypt fought a long war with Islamist militants in the 1990s, culminating in a massacre of more than 50 tourists in Luxor in 1997. The militants were largely defeated, and there have been few attacks since. But from 2004 to 2006, a string of bombings in Sharm el-Sheikh and other resorts in the Sinai Peninsula killed 120 people.

    Officials said earlier that authorities identified one leader as Ali Abu Faris, and said that he was involved in the Sharm el-Sheikh blasts. Abu Faris was convicted and sentenced for the bombings, but escaped from prison during the uprising.

     

    8 comments

    • Jeffrey
      Jeffrey  •  9 mths ago
      good to see egypt towing the israeli and american line again.
    • Like No Other
      Like No Other  •  9 mths ago
      just to let you know who bombed the gas pipeline is not terrorist he did what we all wish to do....to stop exporting gas to israel.
    • Like No Other
      Like No Other  •  9 mths ago
      God bless the Egyptian army..
    • Evan G
      Evan G  •  9 mths ago
      It's nice that Egypt is starting to fight the muslim terrorists now.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
      Waco brenammullla mohammed is back WHAT A loon!
    • op
      op  •  9 mths ago
      egypt helping al Qaida and the us fund them
      • Jim
        Jim 9 mths ago
        The Article says Egypt is fighting Al-Qaida!!!! Can you read, hater ?!!!!
    • Wombat
      Wombat  •  9 mths ago
      Methinks they just want US aid money.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
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