Israel Asks Egypt to Take Armor Out of Sinai – Report

Arutz Sheva ^ | 19/8/12 | Gil Ronen

[Eleutheria5]

The Israeli government has asked Egypt to withdraw the armored vehicles it deployed in Sinai ten days ago, in contravention of the peace treaty between the two nations, according to Al-Quds Al-Arabi, which quotes Israeli sources.

Israel said that the deployment of armored forces in the EL Arish area was only reported to it retroactively by Egypt, after the forces had already been deployed. Once Egypt supplied Israel with the full details about the extent of the deployment, the Jewish state asked Egypt to withdraw its armor from northern Sinai.

"Security sources" told the paper that this is a moment in which the relations between Egypt's new regime and Israel are being tested. An Israeli source added that Egypt asked that the forces be deployed in Sinai until the end of the military operation against terrorists there, but that Israel does not know when the operation is scheduled to end.

Residents of El Arish in northern Sinai reported on August 9 that the Egyptian military had sent reinforcements of "unprecedented" size into the peninsula, according to the Egyptian Al Ahram newspaper. The forces reportedly include 60 tanks on 30 tank-transporters, 12 armored personnel carriers, 15 additional armored vehicles, more than 20 armored jeeps and 10 Military Police jeeps.

There was also a report that no less than 400 'Fahd' armored vehicles were sent in...

[Eleutheria5]

Here goes.

[ArrogantBustard]

the Jewish state asked Egypt to withdraw its armor from northern Sinai.

That sort of request is more effective if taped to the side of a Hellfire missile ...

[Telepathic Intruder]

No good deed goes unpunished. Israel should have kept it as a buffer zone. Half the middle east would be a buffer zone for Israel if they wanted it that way.

[Kozak]

This time Israel should toss every moslime out of the Sinai and Gaza and keep them.

[beethovenfan]

If the Gypts don’t move ‘em out, the Israelis should take ‘em out.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

No good deed goes unpunished. Israel should have kept it as a buffer zone.

The Israelis got forty years of peace with Egypt and pretty good bilateral relations. Unfortunately, two generations have past, and the current Egyptians are living in a fantasy world lacking memories of the pain of war. The Israelis will not make the same mistake again. The Suez Canal will become an ensilted marsh within our lifetime.

[bravo whiskey]

if the idf acts, there will be only egyptian junk to take out of sinai. i suspect the high point of egyptian military efficiency was yom kippur ‘73 and after a week or so they got their asses kicked (after the idf took care of the syrians, morrocans, jordanians (again) and iraqis (again)).

[Wuli]

the “terrorists” (bad cop) did their job, providing the excuse for the MB (good cop) to bring the egypt military in

[Bender2]

Whoa! Don't the Jews understand... our good Egyptian friends have those tanks there to protect the women, children and minorities that are always hit hardest?