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- Oct 19, 2012
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It appears that terrorism and terrorist are scorned by a great many in the Middle East. I am very pleased to see that Egypt has taken this stand against terrorism...
"The Egyptian army bulldozed 13 homes along Egypts border with the Gaza, and destroyed the smuggling tunnels running underneath the homes, in a move that is being interpreted as the creation of a buffer zone to reduce weapon smuggling and terrorists crossings, AP reported on Sunday.
The military is planning to establish a building-free zone with no trees about 500 yards wide and 6 miles long, from the Rafah border crossing to the Mediterranean Sea, Northern Sinai government officials told AP. The homes were destroyed over the past 10 days to test the buffer zone idea in el-Sarsoriya, a few miles from the Rafah crossing. At the same time, explosives were used to cave in the tunnels.
This is near the area where anti-Israeli activists, including the late Rachel Corrie, used to protest the work of Israeli bulldozers.
Egypts government and the military have been trying to control the vast and lawless northern Sinai, where Islamic terrorists have forged strongholds from which they attack security forces. They have been using Homes and trees along the Gaza border as cover from which they would fire at Egyptian forces across the border."
Egypt Destroys Homes on Gaza Border to Erect Buffer Zone
"The Egyptian army bulldozed 13 homes along Egypts border with the Gaza, and destroyed the smuggling tunnels running underneath the homes, in a move that is being interpreted as the creation of a buffer zone to reduce weapon smuggling and terrorists crossings, AP reported on Sunday.
The military is planning to establish a building-free zone with no trees about 500 yards wide and 6 miles long, from the Rafah border crossing to the Mediterranean Sea, Northern Sinai government officials told AP. The homes were destroyed over the past 10 days to test the buffer zone idea in el-Sarsoriya, a few miles from the Rafah crossing. At the same time, explosives were used to cave in the tunnels.
This is near the area where anti-Israeli activists, including the late Rachel Corrie, used to protest the work of Israeli bulldozers.
Egypts government and the military have been trying to control the vast and lawless northern Sinai, where Islamic terrorists have forged strongholds from which they attack security forces. They have been using Homes and trees along the Gaza border as cover from which they would fire at Egyptian forces across the border."
Egypt Destroys Homes on Gaza Border to Erect Buffer Zone