Looks like Egypt is on the ball.
Egypt's army killed a field commander in Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, the country's most dangerous Islamist militant group, during clashes on Thursday in the lawless north of the Sinai Peninsula, security sources said.
Mohamed Abu Shatiya, among militants behind the kidnapping of seven Egyptian soldiers in Sinai last year, died during fighting with the army south of Rafah, on the border with Gaza.
Two tonnes of explosives were confiscated from a nearby tunnel connecting Sinai to Gaza during the incident, they said.
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Egypt's army killed a field commander in Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, the country's most dangerous Islamist militant group, during clashes on Thursday in the lawless north of the Sinai Peninsula, security sources said.
Mohamed Abu Shatiya, among militants behind the kidnapping of seven Egyptian soldiers in Sinai last year, died during fighting with the army south of Rafah, on the border with Gaza.
Two tonnes of explosives were confiscated from a nearby tunnel connecting Sinai to Gaza during the incident, they said.
Continue reading at:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/112275/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-army-k
