Gunmen Target Egypt-Israel Gas Pipeline

(AP) Ashraf Sweilam - Gunmen have targeted a pipeline carrying natural gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan for the second time in under two months. A security official said six men overpowered a lone guard Sunday at a gas terminal in El-Sabil, west of El-Arish in Sinai, planted explosive at the facility and fled. But the timer failed to detonate the explosives and soldiers were able to defuse the device.


2011-03-28 00:00:00

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