“Sinai turns into terror hotbed – and Israel is first to pay price: Thursday’s terror offensive in southern Israel, which may have come from the Sinai, serves as further evidence that Egypt has lost control over the peninsula. Ever since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in February, al-Qaeda terrorists have been boosting their activity in the area.

According to official assessments, members of al-Qaeda and other groups affiliated with Global Jihad exploited the security vacuum in Sinai that followed the withdrawal of some police forces from the area. Egypt recently accused Sinai terror groups of attacking police patrols and blowing up the gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan.”

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