Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The ousted Muslim Brotherhood has been accused of producing missiles for attacks around Egypt. Officials said the Brotherhood has established facilities designed to produce missiles and rockets for attacks on the Egyptian government and military. The officials said the Brotherhood was distributing some of these weapons around such cities as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Al Qaida’s leading militia in Egypt has warned foreigners against visiting the Arab state. Ansar Beit Al Maqdis said it would target the tourism industry, the largest earner of hard currency in Egypt. Ansar, in its first such attack, took responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed three South Koreans […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Egyptian military has been rocked by the first insurgency interception of an attack aircraft in the Sinai Peninsula. Military sources said insurgents linked to Al Qaida shot down a U.S.-origin AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. The Apache was destroyed during a flight in northern Sinai on Jan. 25 and all […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO ― The Muslim Brotherhood is said to have confessed to operational links with Al Qaida. The son of a Brotherhood leader is said to have told Egyptian authorities that the ousted ruling movement was working with Al Qaida to destabilize Egypt. The detainee, Yehya Mongi, son of a Brotherhood member of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Israel, in an unprecedented move, is said to have launched an air strike on Al Qaida fighters in Egypt. Egyptian sources said the Israel Air Force sent a combat unmanned aerial vehicle into the Sinai Peninsula. They said the UAV fired air-to-ground rockets that killed five suspected Al Qaida attackers […]