Massive assault on Egypt army in Sinai kills 53 troops

wqow ^ | 7-1-2015 | ASHRAF SWEILAM and BRIAN ROHAN, ap

[Citizen Zed]

EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) - Dozens of Islamic militants unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks, including suicide car bombings, on Egyptian army checkpoints in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, killing at least 53 soldiers, officials said.

The advanced planning and coordinated execution of the attacks show that the long-running insurgency in the area is growing stronger, posing a serious threat to Egypt's security as the military-backed government struggles to restore stability after years of unrest since the 2011 uprising.

[Citizen Zed]

The Arab Spring continues.

[Gaffer]

So where is Obama’s Red Line in the sand now in all this? It’s hard to keep track.

[TexasCajun]

The Egyptians shouldn’t look to Obama for any type of help since they kicked out his friend Morsi & the muslim brotherhood.

[knarf]

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE KICK ASS ... UNCONTROLLABLY KICK ASS ??

[Truth29]

I wonder if we could dig deeply enough we would find US funding and weapons going to the terrorists to attack El-Sisi’s forces?

[Gaffer]

They will. It will be Israel when it has had enough. And there won’t be any dispute about occupation or territories or any of that. Those questions will be moot for about 10,000 years.

[MarMema]

Thank you.

[LegendHasIt]

0bama’s Brothers fighting back against the sane faction that currently rules in Egypt.

[knarf]

I have a hard time with the; "when it has had enough", clause.

I've known about Israel for years, been paying attention for about 15 years and been pissed off for a good two or three

[Diana in Wisconsin]

It would be all kinds of fun to drag 0bama through his very own ‘Iran Contra’ scandal.

And then see him hoist upon his own petard! :)

[Gaffer]

I understand your frustration. I have it too. But I have this undeniable feeling that Obama will force it to action before he leaves office. Obama will present them with an ultimatum he thinks they will relent on and they will not. It will escalate from there.

This man is 666 all the way in my opinion. He is destroying too much of this world’s best to not force them into an untenable situation.

[Pan_Yan]

Later in the day, a special forces team killed nine members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, including a former member of parliament, in a raid on an apartment in Cairo's Sixth of October district, security officials said. The team was fired upon when they entered the home and returned fire, killing the nine men. No security forces were wounded, said the officials...

Kind of reminds me of that guy the Egyptians were interrogating who inexplicably kept bashing his own head against the wall until he was dead.

[I want the USA back]

The subhuman savages are winning.

For the record, all members and supporters of IS are subhuman savages.

[Army Air Corps]

Boy, that JV team is something, no?

[Army Air Corps]

Another “away game” for the JV team.

[Mariner]

"My guess is they have no idea how bad they screwed up with this one.

They should have asked the Muslim Brotherhood what it was like 1960-2000.

Egypt will hunt these dogs down, and rather than shoot them, they will torture them to death, along with their entire extended family.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Well, here’s at least one country that is actually fighting ISIS instead of blathering about giving them jobs and trying to understand them.

[monocle]

Hillary is out there looking for it.

[caww]

Egypt's Prosecutor General, Hisham Barakat, died following a bomb attack on his vehicle early Monday,...photo shows how fiscious they went after him.... the incident comes hours after militants pledging allegiance to the Islamic State staged a string of large-scale attacks in the Sinai Peninsula.

[Vigilanteman]

0bama’s Brothers fighting back against the sane faction that currently rules in Egypt.

BO is really p*$$ed that Jimbo Carter managed to turn Iran from an ally to an enemy in just four years whereas he hasn't managed to do the same to Egypt in more than seven.