Posted on 01/31/2014 8:49:18 AM PST by TexasCajun
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian military aircraft struck suspected positions of al-Qaida-inspired fighters in villages of the Sinai Peninsula, killing 13 people, military officials said Friday, in a stepped-up offensive after militants downed an army helicopter, raising concerns over an increasingly well-armed insurgency.
The military is battling Islamic militants in the northern part of Sinai who have escalated a campaign of bombings and shootings in retaliation for last summer's army coup that ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and for the ensuing crackdown against Islamists.
The wave of violence, largely targeting Egypt's police and security forces, has increasingly spread to other parts of the country — most lately, with two roadside bombs Friday on the outskirts of the capital that wounded a policeman
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BO is deeply saddened.
Israel is probably telling Egypt where to bomb.
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