Most of the focus on Egypt for the past week has centered on the military junta’s massacre of protesters in the capital city of Cairo and other major cities. Yet before this happened, a violent crackdown was already underway in the Sinai Peninsula.
That crackdown, which began the same day the coup was launched in early July, is starting to see some major backlash, as a militant faction ambushed a pair of minibuses carrying Egyptian national police today, killing at least 25 of them and wounding two others.
So far no group has claimed credit for the attack, but the Sinai Peninsula is home to multiple militant factions who have an axe to grind, particularly since the junta’s escalation against them, which included an Israeli drone strike endorsed by the military.
Egypt’s military has tried to portray the Sinai militants as a combination of Morsi supporters and Hamas, but the reality is that the peninsula’s militants include a lot of factions that aren’t particularly friendly with either, and it is yet another problem the junta has to contend with as it tries to cement its rule through sheer force of arms.
The military kills 38 protesters claiming they tried to break out
Of the prison, there are evidence that shows those protesters
Were tortured and killed under torture so they had to cover
Their massacre by killing the 25 police cadets, they claim that
They were ambushed, the picture of the dead policemen shows
25 body laying face down with their hands tied to their back,
Now any one that ambushes a target would stick around to
Tie the hands of the dead?.
Sissi murdered the 25 cadets as part of his plan to set up the entire Egyptian population as members of al-Qaeda
Israel kills every Palaestinian youth who gets closer than 30ft to its border. And they didn't notice militants in open desert close to their border preparing to ambush the police busses? This smells….
Seems more like an arranged incident to justify this bloody crackdown on the civilian population. Speaks for itself this time the West isn't demanding a no-fly zone or military intervention or adressing the UNSC. Guess they are already preparing speeches to justify Mubaraks return to power now that he is going to be released and his political party reactivated. Great Arab spring thing.