Egyptian military junta officials are finally detailing an incident from mid-November in which a naval missile ship was seized by Sinai militant faction Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, leading to a confrontation at sea as the group tried to sail north to confront Israeli targets.
The reports are that the militants “staged an accident” on board the ship, and were able to get an infiltrator on their side temporarily placed in charge of the ship, at which point they sailed away from the port and toward key Israeli offshore gas installations.
Egyptian warships and planes were sent after the boat, which managed to get about 70 km offshore before a battle in which the boat was set afire, but eventually retaken.
All told, officials said eight people were killed in the incident, though the split between militants and troops was not disclosed. The report aimed to link the incident to ISIS, on the basis of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis pledging allegiance to ISIS.
Absolute futility — In your quest to be all you can be
The fortunes of war, and to those who say that this world serves no purpose other then for evolution to move from the lesser to the greater, we must beg to differ.
For wars accomplish nothing but to undo what evolutionists claim took millions of years to accomplish and move mankind from the lesser to a state of non-existence.
On the other hand, from the perspective that there be an intelligent design to the grand scheme of things, with the ultimate conclusion of wars will come a most priceless realization of what is absolute futility, in your quest to be all you can be.