Poll of the Day > Militants attack mosque in Egypt's north Senai region. 184 confirmed dead.

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security/militants-kill-184-in-attack-on-mosque-in-egypts-north-sinai-state-media-idUSKBN1DO1AN?il=0

CAIRO (Reuters) - Militants killed 184 people at a mosque in Egypts north Sinai region on Friday, detonating a bomb and shooting at fleeing worshippers and ambulances, state media and witnesses said.

It was one of the deadliest attacks in the regions Islamist insurgency. No group claimed immediate responsibility, but since 2014 Egyptian security forces have battled a stubborn Islamic State affiliate in the north of the mainly desert Sinai, where militants have killed hundreds of police and soldiers.

State media showed images of bloodied victims and bodies covered in blankets inside the Al Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, west of the city of El Arish.

State television and the official news agency MENA reported that 184 people had been killed. Another 125 were wounded, according to state media.

They were shooting at people as they left the mosque, a local resident whose relatives were at the scene told Reuters. They were shooting at the ambulances too.

Arabiya news channel and some local sources said some of the worshippers were sufis who hardliners such as Islamic State regard as apostates because they revere saints and shrines, which for Islamists is tantamount to idolatry.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a former armed forces commander who presents himself as a bulwark against Islamist militants, convened an emergency meeting with his defence and interior ministers and intelligence chief soon after the attack, the presidencys Facebook page and state television said.

The government also declared three days of mourning.

Militants have mostly targeted security forces in their attacks since bloodshed in the Sinai worsened after 2013 when Sisi, then an armed forces commander, led the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood.

But jihadists have also targeted local Sinai tribes that are working with the armed forces, branding them traitors for cooperating with the army and police.

nut jobs at it again

What can we do to combat evil?

horrible
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Count is up to 253.

https://www.npr.org/2017/11/24/566340806/mosque-attack-in-egypts-sinai-kills-more-than-100

I find it interesting that terrorists use Otto Skorzenys werwolf doctrine to this day (because tons of escaped OG Nazis went to Egypt and Palestine after WWII and trained them), but the neo-Nazis are extremely anti-Muslim. I know they are not the sharpest tools in the shed, but its pretty funny that they hate a group their heroes loved.
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minervo posted...

What can we do to combat evil?

Take the handcuffs off the army and let them do what they were trained to do?
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Nothing to do with religion, guys. Keep that in mind!
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joemodda posted...

Nothing to do with religion, guys. Keep that in mind!

Isn't it though? Just a little? I mean, they're saying it could be targeting Sufi Muslims.

In most cases though, religion is just a tool to motivate foolish people to do what you want... So I guess that's accurate.
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I don't know how but for a second I misread "Militants" as "Millennials" and was both confused and shocked.
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This is why we need the wall

As usual, Muslims are the greatest victims of Islamic terrorist attacks, contrary to the story that western media often tries to portray.
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JanwayDaahl posted...

As usual, Muslims are the greatest victims of Islamic terrorist attacks, contrary to the story that western media often tries to portray.

Oh, yeah, totally. /sarc
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