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54 Egyptian police killed in ambush, say officials
AP via Washington Times ^ | October 22, 2017 | Menna Zaki

Posted on 10/22/2017 12:42:33 AM PDT by Enchante

CAIRO (AP) - At least 54 policemen, including 20 officers and 34 conscripts, were killed when a raid on a militant hideout southwest of Cairo was ambushed, officials said Saturday. The ensuing firefight was one of the deadliest for Egyptian security forces in recent years.

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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; islam; jihad; leo; muslimworld; terror
Not allowed to post much text from AP. Sounds like a convoy of Egyptian police headed to attack a base of jihad terrorists was ambushed and slaughtered. The jihadists probably had a heads-up from someone in the police or intel services????

Horrible.

1 posted on 10/22/2017 12:42:33 AM PDT by Enchante
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To: Enchante

54!?!!?!????????????!!!!!

Why would police be involved in a raid in such large numbers?!?!?!

Wouldn’t numbers like that usually involve the military, at least in a country like that?


2 posted on 10/22/2017 1:19:28 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Enchante

I dont think we’d send police to overrun a militant hide out here, would we?

For instance, if we thought maybe 100 armed terrorists were at a certain location, wouldn’t we get the national guard or something involved?


3 posted on 10/22/2017 1:20:41 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: dp0622

Pretty sure that the National Guard doesn’t have that expertise. Although I guess they may have been used at WACO with their tanks and APC’s, etc.

I’m guessing that the Egpytian Police is more like our military. They probably have automatic weapons and fairly heavy vehicles.

And as the earlier poster said - probably people in the department that side with the militants. I’m guessing it would be difficult to make it an all Christian (and/or Jewish) police force in Eygpt.


4 posted on 10/22/2017 1:26:49 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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To: dp0622

If we faced something that large domestically it might be a matter for a state’s National Guard or multiple NG units. NG forces can also be “federalized” so that needed units can be brought across state lines. However, NG units vary a lot in composition and force structure, I believe, and many might not be suitable for such an attack on a terrorist hideout that might be armed with RPGs and much more. Some numbers of NG units are not really “infantry” but more specialized units.

We have the “Posse Comitatus Act” which prohibits use of the military forces for domestic law enforcement, although I’m not sure what the exact military role is allowed to be post-9/11. For instance, the issue of fighter aircraft possibly downing hijacked planes certainly arose, so there has been renewed debate about potential US military involvement domestically in a terrorist emergency, but I don’t know how the post-9/11 laws stand on that. I will try to look it up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act


5 posted on 10/22/2017 1:49:58 AM PDT by Enchante (Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
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To: dp0622

Did they all come from one direction, or even in the same vehicle? Unbelievably dumb, if so.


6 posted on 10/22/2017 2:33:52 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Enchante

Moslim Brotherhood.

Horrible.

I know a supporter, an Egyptian here in US.

They want Sharia.

They kill Christians.

I support Sisi for he is trying to drag Egypt back out of the tribal past.


7 posted on 10/22/2017 2:41:31 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: dp0622

Why would police be involved in a raid in such large numbers?!?!?!

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In a country like that the police is militarized even more than we are.


8 posted on 10/22/2017 2:42:35 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Enchante

Conscripts? Are the police in Egypt drafted?


9 posted on 10/22/2017 2:51:33 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: Enchante
Debka's take - posted yesterday has more details.
Did a Muslim Brothers armed cell or ISIS massacre 55 Egyptian policemen?
10 posted on 10/22/2017 2:57:38 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: 21twelve
It sounds more like the "security force" was not well prepared, the terrorists counterattacked w/ heavier weapons and...

The officials said what happened next is not clear, but added that the force likely ran out of ammunition and that the militants captured several policemen and later killed them.

11 posted on 10/22/2017 4:20:44 AM PDT by Paul R. (I don't want to be energy free, we want to be energy dominant in terms of the world. -D. Trump)
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"Although I guess they may have been used at WACO with their tanks and APC’s, etc."

I think that was the FBI....(?)

12 posted on 10/22/2017 5:17:12 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: dp0622

In much of the world, there is little distinction between “military” and “police”; the latter is probably just stationed closer to home...


13 posted on 10/22/2017 6:04:26 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Enchante

Next time, just drop a bomb on the hideout.


14 posted on 10/22/2017 6:15:00 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: PapaBear3625

We could offer them a MOAB...


15 posted on 10/22/2017 6:24:15 AM PDT by Enchante (Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
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To: Enchante

I’ve been wondering why we don’t treat jihadists as insurrectionists. Same with Antifa, since their intent is the overthrow of the gov’t. In that case, couldn’t the military be used? And we could hang the bad guys instead of putting them in jail for years?


16 posted on 10/22/2017 10:36:06 AM PDT by Twotone
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“...but added that the force likely ran out of ammunition...”

I recall the story of some troops in Afghanistan (maybe a freeper) that were told to take as much ammo as they could out on missions/patrols. So they tossed an extra dufflebag of magazines in.

After they had their first encounter they filled every nook & cranny in their Humvee - and pulling off panels to create new ones - with spare magazines.


17 posted on 10/22/2017 11:29:05 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Enchante.
...were killed when a raid on a militant hideout southwest of Cairo was ambushed...

18 posted on 10/23/2017 7:22:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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They ran out of ammo, and fell into a well-planned ambush? That's pretty close to the most stupid pair of things I've ever read. Arrive loaded for bear, and with overwhelming force, and from all available directions, including choppers equipped for close air support. Kill all the creeps who don't surrender, and try and then execute (muzzie-style) those who are captured. Broadcast video tours of the captured hideouts, showing the captured and/or expended arms used by the terrorists, and point the finger of blame where it belongs, which is Iran and/or Sudan.

19 posted on 10/30/2017 12:02:47 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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