Egypt/Israel:
On Ground Updates
Map Courtesy of CENTCOM
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Egyptian Military Launches Airstrikes against
Extremist Military Cells in Northern Sinai where Terrorist Previously Launched
Attacks against Israel - Israel welcomes Heavy-Handed Response in Chaotic
Northern Sinai Region - Gaza Feeling Wrath of Cairo After Claims of Attackers
came through Tunnels
Wednesday, August 08, 2012
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* The Guardian brings us the following report this early
Wednesday afternoon and it starts off like this… The Egyptian military launched operations from
the air and ground against suspected Islamic militants in the Sinai on
Wednesday, in a move that could herald a sustained campaign to regain control
of the anarchic region... In a further
sign of a tougher approach the Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, sacked his
intelligence chief, Mourad Mowafi. According to Egyptian TV, the intelligence
services had advance warning of Sunday's attack but failed to act in the belief
that Muslims would not attack fellow Muslims during the meal to break the
Ramadan fast. The governor of north Sinai and the head of the military police
were also removed from their posts… Air strikes on targets near the town of
Sheikh Zuwaid, close to the border with Gaza, left at least 20 militants
dead. Egyptian troops raided villages in the area following attacks overnight
by gunmen on checkpoints around the north Sinai city of el-Arish, in which five
security personnel and one civilian
were wounded…
Read this
report in full at link below…
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* HAARETZ.com has this report… Following
Sunday's attack in which 16 Egyptian policemen were killed, Egyptian president
dismisses a string of key security officials… Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi
fired his intelligence chief and the governor of Northern Sinai on
Wednesday following the deadly weekend attack on troops by suspected
militants in Sinai… In a major shakeup, Morsi also asked Defense Minister
Hussein Tantawi to replace the commander of the military police, a force that
has been heavily used since the ouster 18 months ago of Hosni Mubarak… He also
fired the commander of the presidential guards and named new chiefs for
security in Cairo and the police's large central security, a large paramilitary
force often deployed to deal with riots… The changes followed the killing on
Sunday of 16 soldiers at a post in Sinai along the border with Israel and the
Gaza Strip…
Read the
full report at link below…
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* The Washington Post has this take on the news… The Egyptian military launched airstrikes early
Wednesday in its boldest move to date to confront extremist military cells that
have recently taken root in northern Sinai, from where they have
launched attacks against Israel… The rare aerial strikes on
Egyptian soil came two days after armed militants in the Sinai killed 16
members of Egypt’s security forces, broke through the border into Israel and
attempted to launch a second attack there. The assault marked the first time
Egyptian fighter planes have carried out strikes in the Sinai since the end of
the country’s war with Israel in the 1970…
Read the
full report at link below…
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* YNetNews.com reports…
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* Egypt State Info Service has this report...
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POST UPDATE:
Thursday, August 09, 2012
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* NRP.org brings
us the following report, (audio too,) and it starts off like this… Israel
is welcoming Egypt's military efforts to stamp out Islamist militants in the
Sinai following the recent border attack there that killed 16 Egyptian
soldiers. The Jewish state has long been concerned over the situation in the
Sinai, where there's been an upsurge in violence… But calls in Egypt to modify the peace treaty with Israel -- allowing
Egypt to strengthen its security in the Sinai-- has also led to concern in
Israel… At the section of the border between Egypt and Israel where
Sunday's attack took place, soldiers from the two countries are separated by
less than a football field in length. There's no fence left; the militants blew
it up…
Read the
rest at link below…
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