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Egypt: Gunmen Open Fire on Checkpoint in Sinai
Arutz Sheva ^ | 8/8/12 | Elad Benari

Posted on 08/07/2012 10:15:28 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

Armed men opened fire on a security checkpoint in Egypt's Al-Arish city in the Sinai Peninsula late Tuesday night, state media said.

The official MENA news agency reported that exchanges of gunfire continued late into the night but there were no immediate reports of injuries.

“Unknown armed men opened fire on a checkpoint on the main road between Al-Arish and Rafiah,” MENA said in a report quoted by the Reuters news agency.

The latest incident comes just several days after another terror attack near the Egypt-Israel border.

In the attack which occurred on Sunday, terrorists attacked two Egyptian army posts in the Egyptian part of Rafiah with anti-tank rockets and gunfire, killing 16 Egyptian soldiers. The terrorists then tried to infiltrate into Israel using two stolen Egyptian military vehicles, but were foiled by the IDF.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi vowed following the attack to avenge the deaths of the 16 soldiers.

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alarish; attack; checkpoint; egypt
No. Start negotiating right away. Give 'til it hurts. Land for piece.
1 posted on 08/07/2012 10:15:45 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

ISRAELI RESPONSE VIDEO HERE, COURTESY THE IDF:

http://youtu.be/U2iXNpHH-MQ


2 posted on 08/07/2012 11:28:45 PM PDT by HKMk23 (GOPe 2012: MITT HAPPENS)
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To: Eleutheria5
Give 'til it hurts.

Why, the IDF did just that, now that you mention it. See #2. That must have hurt, good. Really good.

3 posted on 08/09/2012 4:48:24 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
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