[AP/International Herald Tribune] Dozens of Bedouin armed with rocket-propelled grenades ambushed Egyptian guards near the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing with Israel on Tuesday, injuring two people. The Bedouin also set fire to a police car and shot at the tires of trucks laden with goods, preventing them from crossing to Israel. The attack followed the arrest two days ago of two Bedouin from the Tarabin tribe during a tribal dispute over a woman's honor, police said.
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