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Eugene

(61,819 posts) Mon Sep 16, 2013, 02:29 PM Sep 2013

Egypt army storms Islamist-held town

Source: BBC

16 September 2013 Last updated at 11:37 GMT

Egypt army storms Islamist-held town

Egyptian troops have stormed the central town of Dalga, which has been held by Islamists loyal to the ousted president, Mohammed Morsi.

Army and police backed by helicopters entered the town early on Monday.

Coptic Christians living in the town of 120,000 people had appealed for help, saying they could not pray safely and were being taxed by "thugs".

Egyptian authorities are cracking down on Islamists following Mr Morsi's removal from power on 3 July.

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Egypt army storms Islamist-held town (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2013 OP

What's amazing, and terrible is that they hadn't done this sooner. David__77 Sep 2013 #1

David__77

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1. What's amazing, and terrible is that they hadn't done this sooner.

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Mon Sep 16, 2013, 02:34 PM

Sep 2013

The army is letting MB-sponsored brew in various pockets of the country. Unless they want Egypt to become a new Syria, targeted by full-scale insurgency and the accompanying "pro-human rights" apology for terror from the West, they better crack down hard and fast and reassert the government's authority in every inch of the country.

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