Week of Militant Violence Lays Bare Threat Facing Egyptians
Bloomberg Business
By: Tarek El-Tablawy & Ahmed Feteha
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Egypt’s military said it was in control of the Sinai peninsula after beating back the fiercest assault yet by Islamist militants behind a week of violence that has laid bare the growing threat facing the nation…
“The Sinai has bedeviled Egyptian rulers from Mubarak to Mursi, and now Sisi, yet the recent escalation is unprecedented,” New York-based security firm The Soufan Group said in an e-mailed report. “The change in tactics — going from hit-and-run to hit-and-hit-again — bodes poorly for the area and Egypt at large.
‘‘Any hope that the group has simply adopted the Islamic State’s name, but not its lethality and ambition, was put to rest yesterday,’’ it said, referring to the Islamic State affiliate, known as Sinai Province, which claimed the attacks…
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