Saturday, January 5, 2013

#Obama Egypt: Egyptian authorities seized six US-made missiles in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday


BHO and his policies fail again: Egypt says it seizes US-made missiles near Gaza 
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5:20 PM - 5 Jan 13 · Details

Egypt says it seizes US-made missiles near Gaza

Officials say they were likely smuggled from Libya and bound for the Strip
  • AP
  • Published: 13:50 January 5, 2013
  • Gulf News
Al Arish, Egypt: Egyptian authorities seized six US-made missiles in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday that security officials said were likely smuggled from Libya and bound for the Gaza Strip.
Libya’s 2011 uprising and subsequent civil war left the country awash in weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades, automatic rifles and other munitions. Since the end of the country’s eight-month conflict, smugglers have transferred some of the weapons to Islamic militants in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, which has faced a security vacuum since the country’s own uprising, and from there onward in underground tunnels to neighbouring Gaza.
Security officials said that police working on a tip from local Bedouin discovered the six US-made missiles hidden in a hole in the desert outside the northern Sinai city of Al Arish before dawn on Friday. They said the anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles have a range of up to two kilometres.
The officials, who spoke anonymously because they were not authorised to speak to media, did not specify the make of weapon.
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