Enormous death tolls are coming out of the northern Sinai Peninsula of Egypt today as ISIS forces launch a wave of attacks, backed by rocket fire and car bombings, against Sinai security forces loyal to the Egyptian junta. They centered around the town of Sheikh Zuwayid.
The exact toll is still being sussed out, but at least 64 Egyptian troops were killed, and 25 wounded. Six civilians were also reported slain and over 100 ISIS militants were also killed, as Egypt launched a massive counterattack.
The ISIS affiliate, which calls itself State of Sinai and was previously known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, reported it had carried out attacks on 15 separate security targets around the area, and launched three car bombing attacks in the course of the strike, two of which wiped out military checkpoints.
Though it is unclear if the timing is related, the junta speculated that the attacks were related to the second anniversary of a series of protests launched (and heavily backed by the military) against the elected Morsi government. The protests were used as a pretext for the 2013 coup d’etat, which the junta followed up with an immediate military offensive against Sinai. The offensive has been ongoing ever since.
These barbarians are so close to Israel yet they kill Egyptian, that tells me that Israel have a hand or two in this barbaric attacks and feeding them with information where when and how to attack.
Absolutely correct!
Was Gen. Sisi among the Egyptians killed?
Morsi wanted to start a war with Iranian, he simply wanted more of religion division among people in Middle East and for Egypt and turkey to control the Middle East. Such political, militarism and social ideas let to his regime being ousted, otherwise, he could have recognized the friendships hands suggested by the Iranian, he could have recognized the Iranian as friends and stopped the Israeli influence, the USG influence so as European in the Middle East. He simply was more of a religious man, like Turkish Erdogan regime, then being a politician.
It is a lie about 2013, the Egyptian Military had to topple Morsi, because Morsi caused a total chaos in Egypt, the Copts had been persecuted from the Moslem brotherhood, constantly killings, Morsi placed a terrorist for tourism sector, the economy was total down and Morsi was a threat to the national interest of whole Egypt. I know the whole story of Copts. There was a massive protest against President Morsi and the Egyptian Military had to take action. After that a new constitution was made and public ratified and in a new election Sisi was elected. This process was total legitimate. Do not write lies, I know the whole story of the Egyptian Copts. The Copts were very upset about Morsi.
Like it says in the Bible: It all depends upon whose ox is being gored.
Al Sisi is too blame. The tyrant thug is reaping blowback which is unfortunate for the Egyptian people.
"…unclear if the timing is related, the junta speculated that the attacks were related to the second anniversary of a series of protests launched (and heavily backed by the military) against the elected Morsi government."
Bullhockey… It's because the US 4th of July is Saturday. Didn't you get the memo from the Secretary of Fear and Terror? How can you miss the opportunity to terrorize the American rubes and boobs if you waste a good incident on some Egyptians. Jeezum Creepers…get with the program.
Morsi — To moral and good for Egypt
Since the days of the Pharaohs, when the lower half of society was enslaved to build the pyramids, all of the wealth has been hoarded by the upper half. The end result being, $2 a day wages for those born not of the privileged class, with a most corrupt military being needed to enforce such disparity and with the top generals owning at least a forth of the Egyptian economy.
Which is why one year of Morsi is all that the privileged class could endure, for when Morsi started to replace the judiciary with honest judges, then came General Sisi with his coup d’état.
With more than 80 million citizen Egypt is the largest state of the region. If ISIL can at least engineer a deeper split between the more religious and the more secular Egyptians it will have scored a big victory.