Egypt Nabs Terror Cells in Sinai
Charles Johnson
Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 9:39 am PST • Views: 219
Now that the border between Gaza and Egypt is wide open, the Al-Ahram newspaper claims that Egyptian authorities have stopped two Palestinian terror cells, and five suicide bombers preparing to attack inside Israel.
Egyptian security forces apprehended a terror cell in the Sinai in recent days - comprised of five Palestinians in possession of explosives belts - that was planning to carry out attacks in Israel, the semi-official Egyptian paper Al-Ahram reported Wednesday morning. The paper also reported that Egyptian authorities set the beginning of next week as the final deadline for all of the Palestinians who breached the Rafah border and crossed into Egypt to return to the Gaza Strip.
The paper quoted “informed sources” as saying that the Egyptian forces also arrested another terror cell that crossed into Egypt with maps that pinpointed information on IDF bases along the border and the magnitude of forces stationed at each base.
According to the Al-Ahram report, the Palestinians offered large sums of money to Egyptian border guards so that they would allow them to drive trucks into the Sinai unimpeded.
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