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Egypt: 29 killed as Sinai attacks target security forces
BBC ^ | 24 October 2014 Last updated at 15:32 ET

Posted on 10/24/2014 2:41:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A suspected jihadist car bomb has killed at least 26 Egyptian soldiers at a checkpoint in Sinai, officials say.

The attack took place near El Arish, the main town in the north of the restive peninsula. Three more died in a shooting in the town itself.

The bomb blast is one of the deadliest attacks in Sinai for months. At least 28 more people were injured.

The army has been fighting a campaign against Sinai-based militants, who have carried out a string of attacks there.

The area has become increasingly lawless since President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in 2011.

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1 posted on 10/24/2014 2:41:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

>> The area has become increasingly lawless since President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in 2011.

Thanks to the wisdom of the magnificent Hussein Obola.

Allahu Fubar!


2 posted on 10/24/2014 2:43:42 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed is his demon)
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To: BenLurkin

>> The area has become increasingly lawless since President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in 2011.

Thanks to the wisdom of the magnificent Hussein Obola.

Allahu Fubar!


3 posted on 10/24/2014 2:44:03 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed is his demon)
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To: BenLurkin

Planned by undocumented Obola?
or the treasonous US State Dept? or both?
in their endless support for Morsi, terrorists,
crucifixions, rapes, and slavery.


4 posted on 10/24/2014 2:44:09 PM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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