While the network news is focused on demonizing Donald Trump for telling the truth about the criminal tendencies of large numbers of illegal aliens, Islamists – ISIS or affiliates (i.e. Wilayat Sinai) – are busy terrorizing Egypt ~

Islamic State-linked militants struck Egyptian army outposts in the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday in a coordinated wave of suicide bombings and battles that underlined the government’s failure to stem an insurgency despite a two-year crackdown. Security officials said dozens of troops were killed, along with nearly 100 attackers.

A report at Business Insider calls this latest offensive a game-changer ~

Of note, the coordinated assaults on Sheikh Zuweid also occurred two days after an unattributed VBIED killed Egyptian Attorney General Hisham Barakat. His death on June 29 prompted the Egyptian government to step up its counterterrorism campaign, specifically against the Muslim Brotherhood, which it blames for Barakat’s death.
 
ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood are not assessed to have affiliation, though the overall increase in violence in Egypt will likely strain the Egyptian military’s ability to address multiple threats.
 
The offensive in Northern Sinai on July 1 demonstrated ISIS’s attempt to establish greater territorial control in Sinai and expand its physical caliphate in the Near Abroad.

 
These developments are consistent with ISW’s (Institute for the Study of War) Ramadan forecast, anticipating that ISIS’s affiliates many attempt to administer governance or claim territorial control as a means of proclaiming caliphate expansion and to prepare for future military operations.

Israel, near enough to see the smoke, is closely monitoring the situation ~

An IDF official said that while the events were worrying, they posed no imminent concrete threat to Israel. There is a worry, however, that the situation in Sinai could end up negatively affecting the security of Israeli towns near the border with Egypt […]
 
The territory, characterized by hardscrabble towns, desert and mountainous areas suitable for guerrilla operations, has long been neglected by the (Egyptian) government. Local Bedouin tribesmen have grown to resent Cairo, turning to smuggling, organized crime and, in some cases, radical Islam […]

The planning and coordinated execution of Wednesday’s attack shows the insurgency in Sinai is growing stronger, especially since Morsi’s ouster and the crackdown on Islamic militants. They have been battling Egyptian security forces in the northern Sinai for more than a decade, despite military reinforcements, strict curfews and the destruction of homes and tunnels along the border with Hamas-ruled Gaza.

 
While our mainstream media pointlessly battles faux villains like “the Donald,” Egypt and Israel must face down real life ones.

 
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Related:
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Egyptian Military: We won’t stop until Sinai is clear of terror
ISIS is making moves internationally
Egypt’s circle of violence is turning darker
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