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*** 28-Feb-17 World View -- ISIS forces hundreds of Christians to flee Egypt's North Sinai
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**** ISIS forces hundreds of Christians to flee Egypt's North Sinai
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Coptic Christian families from El-Arish arriving at the Evangelical Church in Ismailia last week (Reuters)
At least 100 Coptic Christian families 200 Coptic Christian academic
students have been forced to flee from El-Arish, the capital city of
Egypt's North Sinai governate, after being threatened by the Sinai
terror group called Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM - Ansar Jerusalem -
Champions of Jerusalem), which changed its name to Al Wilayat Sinai
(Province of Sinai) when it changed its allegiance in 2015 from
al-Qaeda to the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh).
The hundreds of Copts left their homes for the Suez Canal city of
Ismailia, 125 miles west, where they were received by a Protestant
Church, the Evangelical Church of Ismailia.
This comes after seven Coptic Christians were killed this month ABM
militants, including one who was burned alive. The killings occurred
after ISIS on February 19 released a video calling Copts "our priority
and our preferred prey." According to reports, ABM has "kill lists"
that include the names of at least 40 Copts living in Sinai.
The series of attacks is a major embarrassment to Egypt's president
Abdel al-Fattah al-Sisi, who has been promising to eradicate terrorism
from Northern Sinai after a series of terror attacks in the last two
years. On Saturday, he ordered the government to take all necessary
measures to provide assistance to the Coptic Christians who were
forced to flee, and renewed his pledge to eliminate ISIS from Sinai,
where the "undermine security and stability in Egypt."
The Muslim Brotherhood, not wanting to be blamed, has strongly
condemned the killings in Sinai, but blamed them on the "military coup
regime" of al-Sisi. This is an allusion to the 2013 coup, led by
then-army chief al-Sisi, ousting Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim
Brotherhood government. Christianity Today and Al Ahram (Cairo) and IkhwanWeb (Muslim Brotherhood) and Middle East Eye
Related Articles
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**** ISIS-linked Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis in Sinai continues to confound Egypt's army
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Egypt's army on Monday announced that it had killed six militants in
Northern Sinai since the Coptic families were forced to flee. "Law
enforcement forces will continue carrying out their mission with
determination to uproot terrorism and eliminate terrorist elements,"
said the statement.
However, this battle between Egypt's army and Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has
been going on for years, and many people wonder why the army hasn't
defeated ABM by now.
According to one analysis, Egypt's army is ill-equipped to deal with
guerrilla warfare in urban and mountainous areas. Even more
important, ABM has been able to acquire sophisticated weapons from
stockpiles of weapons that were up for grabs in Libya after Muammar
Gaddafi was killed in 2011. A steady stream of these weapons was
smuggled by a Libyan jihadist group, Ansar al-Sharia ("Partisans of
Sharia law").
One of these weapons was the Russian Kornet, an antitank guided
missile, which was a game-changer. Other weapons included Grad
missiles, anti-tank rocket propelled grenades, air defense Strela
missiles, the latest Kalashnikov rifles, the Austrian Steyr sniper
rifles, and DShK Russian machine heavy guns. These weapons have
changed ABM from a small terrorist group into a large, well-armed
militia.
According to another report, hundreds of trained fighters, including
dozens of elite commandos, formerly in the al-Qassam Brigades, the
military wing of Hamas in Gaza, have been defecting to ABM-ISIS in the
Sinai. These same al-Qassam militants have been providing training to
the ISIS fighters in Sinai. Al-Ahram (Cairo) and Jerusalem Post and PJ Media
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Egypt, North Sinai, El-Arish,
Coptic Christians, Evangelical Church of Ismailia,
Ansar Jerusalem, Ansar Bayt al Maqdis, ABM, Champions of Jerusalem,
Sinai Province, Al Wilayat Sinai, Mohammed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Gaza, Hamas, al-Qassam Brigades
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- ISIS forces hundreds of Christians to flee Egypt's North Sinai
- ISIS-linked Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis in Sinai continues to confound Egypt's army
****
**** ISIS forces hundreds of Christians to flee Egypt's North Sinai
****
Coptic Christian families from El-Arish arriving at the Evangelical Church in Ismailia last week (Reuters)
At least 100 Coptic Christian families 200 Coptic Christian academic
students have been forced to flee from El-Arish, the capital city of
Egypt's North Sinai governate, after being threatened by the Sinai
terror group called Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM - Ansar Jerusalem -
Champions of Jerusalem), which changed its name to Al Wilayat Sinai
(Province of Sinai) when it changed its allegiance in 2015 from
al-Qaeda to the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh).
The hundreds of Copts left their homes for the Suez Canal city of
Ismailia, 125 miles west, where they were received by a Protestant
Church, the Evangelical Church of Ismailia.
This comes after seven Coptic Christians were killed this month ABM
militants, including one who was burned alive. The killings occurred
after ISIS on February 19 released a video calling Copts "our priority
and our preferred prey." According to reports, ABM has "kill lists"
that include the names of at least 40 Copts living in Sinai.
The series of attacks is a major embarrassment to Egypt's president
Abdel al-Fattah al-Sisi, who has been promising to eradicate terrorism
from Northern Sinai after a series of terror attacks in the last two
years. On Saturday, he ordered the government to take all necessary
measures to provide assistance to the Coptic Christians who were
forced to flee, and renewed his pledge to eliminate ISIS from Sinai,
where the "undermine security and stability in Egypt."
The Muslim Brotherhood, not wanting to be blamed, has strongly
condemned the killings in Sinai, but blamed them on the "military coup
regime" of al-Sisi. This is an allusion to the 2013 coup, led by
then-army chief al-Sisi, ousting Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim
Brotherhood government. Christianity Today and Al Ahram (Cairo) and IkhwanWeb (Muslim Brotherhood) and Middle East Eye
Related Articles
- Terror bombing of Coptic Christian church in Cairo Egypt kills 25 (12-Dec-2016)
- Worldwide condemnation for terrorist attack on Coptic Christian church in Alexandria, Egypt (02-Jan-2011)
- Egypt in shock over bloody massacre of Coptic Christians (11-Oct-2011)
- Muslim vs Coptic Christian clashes in Egypt grow in intensity (08-Apr-2013)
- Egypt in mourning as ISIS-linked terrorists kill Coptic Christians in Libya (16-Feb-2015)
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**** ISIS-linked Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis in Sinai continues to confound Egypt's army
****
Egypt's army on Monday announced that it had killed six militants in
Northern Sinai since the Coptic families were forced to flee. "Law
enforcement forces will continue carrying out their mission with
determination to uproot terrorism and eliminate terrorist elements,"
said the statement.
However, this battle between Egypt's army and Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has
been going on for years, and many people wonder why the army hasn't
defeated ABM by now.
According to one analysis, Egypt's army is ill-equipped to deal with
guerrilla warfare in urban and mountainous areas. Even more
important, ABM has been able to acquire sophisticated weapons from
stockpiles of weapons that were up for grabs in Libya after Muammar
Gaddafi was killed in 2011. A steady stream of these weapons was
smuggled by a Libyan jihadist group, Ansar al-Sharia ("Partisans of
Sharia law").
One of these weapons was the Russian Kornet, an antitank guided
missile, which was a game-changer. Other weapons included Grad
missiles, anti-tank rocket propelled grenades, air defense Strela
missiles, the latest Kalashnikov rifles, the Austrian Steyr sniper
rifles, and DShK Russian machine heavy guns. These weapons have
changed ABM from a small terrorist group into a large, well-armed
militia.
According to another report, hundreds of trained fighters, including
dozens of elite commandos, formerly in the al-Qassam Brigades, the
military wing of Hamas in Gaza, have been defecting to ABM-ISIS in the
Sinai. These same al-Qassam militants have been providing training to
the ISIS fighters in Sinai. Al-Ahram (Cairo) and Jerusalem Post and PJ Media
Related Articles
- ISIS assault in Libya giving militants control of oil fields (06-Jan-2016)
- Bombing of plane in Egypt threatens Russia's Syria strategy (05-Nov-2015)
- Egypt faces two-front war with airstrikes in Libya (17-Feb-2015)
- Thousands of surface-to-air missiles missing from Libya warehouses (08-Sep-2011)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Egypt, North Sinai, El-Arish,
Coptic Christians, Evangelical Church of Ismailia,
Ansar Jerusalem, Ansar Bayt al Maqdis, ABM, Champions of Jerusalem,
Sinai Province, Al Wilayat Sinai, Mohammed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Gaza, Hamas, al-Qassam Brigades
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