Egypt’s Military Is Burning, Looting, and Destroying Its Way Across The Sinai Peninsula -- Slate
NORTH SINAI, Egypt—The black, charcoaled remains of a cow’s dead body lies in a sandy field behind a shelled-out mansion. Washed-out blood stains the walls of an unpainted grey room where sons say their 80-year-old mother was killed by army tank fire. Bullet holes pockmark the house. A 9-year-old girl’s cheek is marked by a pink incision where a rock hit her face as her home was strafed by helicopter fire. A child’s sandal and burned Quran were among the rubble of a mosque that locals say was destroyed by ground and air military troops. I watched as an IED exploded under an armored personnel carrier as it turned a corner. Black smoke filled the air, and an olive tree was uprooted. Later, two soldiers were reported injured.
These are some of the casualties of the Egyptian army’s war on “terrorists” in the villages and towns that dot the north of the Sinai Peninsula close to the borders of Gaza and Israel.
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More News On The Growing Violence In The Sinai
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Ansar Jerusalem claims credit for suicide bombing of South Sinai Security Directorate -- Long War Journal
Egyptians worry Sinai violence could spread -- Al Jazeera
Sinai weapons seized in Egypt -- Al Bawaba
Empty Egypt army intel office in Sinai bombed -- France 24/AFP
Deepening Chaos in Egypt and Sinai -- Jewish Press
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