Egypt hunts militants in Sinai peninsula after 16 soldiers killed

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

EL-ARISH, Egypt -- Egypt vowed Monday to take on Islamist militants who have turned the Sinai peninsula into a lawless haven and are suspected of killing 16 Egyptian troops as the fighters were en route to a failed assault on neighboring Israel.

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