Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Sinai-based militants claim rocket attack on Israel
Source: Reuters
Sinai-based militants claim rocket attack on Israel
CAIRO Sat Feb 1, 2014 5:56am EST
(Reuters) - A Sinai-based militant group inspired by al Qaeda, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, claimed responsibility on Saturday for a failed rocket attack on Israel's Red Sea resort city Eilat a day earlier.
Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system on Friday shot down a rocket fired in the direction of Eilat, an occasional target of militants in Egypt's lawless Sinai peninsula.
"Jews, know that nothing will stop us fighting you," Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis said in a statement published on the Internet.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
CAIRO Sat Feb 1, 2014 5:56am EST
(Reuters) - A Sinai-based militant group inspired by al Qaeda, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, claimed responsibility on Saturday for a failed rocket attack on Israel's Red Sea resort city Eilat a day earlier.
Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system on Friday shot down a rocket fired in the direction of Eilat, an occasional target of militants in Egypt's lawless Sinai peninsula.
"Jews, know that nothing will stop us fighting you," Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis said in a statement published on the Internet.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/01/us-israel-rockets-claim-idUSBREA1009120140201
1 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
The 1978 treaty between Egypt and Israel prohibits Egyptian military from maneuvering in the Sinai without Israeli clearance. One might wonder what amount of bourbon it took to get Sadat to agree to this, but there it is.
As a direct result, the sinai is effectively lawless. Egypt cannot exert pressure or control in the territory.
As a direct result of that, shit like this happens.
Yet Israel even as recently as 2012, regarded any Egyptian attempt to establish law and order in the Sinai as a military provocation and even threatened military response.
Conclusion: Israel wants to keep the Sinai as a terrorist preserve.
