Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Two Bombing Attacks Kill And Wound Scores Of Egyptian Soldiers And Police Officers



Eleven Egypt Soldiers Killed, Many Wounded In Sinai Car Bomb Attack -- Haaretz/Reuters

Attack is one of deadliest in the Sinai Peninsula, near Israel and Gaza Strip, since Al-Qaida-inspired militants began stepping up assaults following Morsi's ouster.

Eleven Egyptian soldiers were killed and 37 wounded in a car bomb attack near the North Sinai city of El-Arish on Wednesday, a security official said.

The attack was one of the deadliest in the Sinai Peninsula, which is near Israel and the Palestinian-run Gaza Strip, since Al-Qaida-inspired militants began stepping up assaults following the army's ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July.

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More News On Today's Bomb Attacks In Egypt

Bomb-laden car driven into military convoy kills 11 -- Ahram Online
Officials: Sinai death toll reaches 11 -- Al Bawaba
Suicide Bomber Kills 11 Egyptian Solders -- Epoch Times/AP
10 Egypt soldiers killed as bombs hit Sinai, Cairo -- Arab News/AFP
Car Bombing Kills 11 Egyptian Soldiers in Sinai Peninsula -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Two Bomb Attacks Target Egyptian Soldiers, Police Officers -- Washington Post
Egyptian troops die in Sinai bomb attack -- BBC
10 Egyptian Soldiers Killed in Sinai Attack -- New York Times
Car bomb kills 10 soldiers in Egypt's restive Sinai region -- CNN
Sinai car bomb underscores Egyptian army's tenuous grasp on security -- Christian Science Monitor

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