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There was also a third attack on a checkpoint near Rafah, the border crossing to the Gaza strip, that wounded three more soldiers. These attacks are just one of several lately that continue in spite of a severe military crackdown and creation of a buffer zone between the Sinai and the Gaza Strip.
Attacks have increased since former president Mohammed Morsi was ousted in 2013 in a coup led by now president Abdel el-Sisi. Hundreds of members of the security forces have been killed since then. Earlier in the month the IS-allied group killed at least 16 soldiers and three civilians while kidnapping a conscript. Just last Friday they posted a video of the conscript pleading with Egyptians not to join the army just before he was shot to death. Sources: Fox News AntiWar Reuters |
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Ken Hanly
Ken is a retired philosophy professor living in the boondocks of Manitoba, Canada, with his Filipina wife. He enjoys reading the news and writing articles. Politically Ken is on the far left of the political spectrum on many issues.
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