From Israel National News November 10 by David Lev
Egyptian Officials: Pipeline Explosion was Terrorism
Egypt on Thursday released new details on the explosion that, for the seventh time this year, shut down the Egyptian pipeline which provides gas to Israel and Jordan. Officials said that terrorists planted an explosive device under the pipeline, setting off the explosion from a distance, probably by cellphone.
The terrorists dug a hole in the ground under the pipeline installation two meters (six feet) deep, in order to reach the pipe itself, which is buried underground. They were not detected, and had been working for several hours, officials said. The explosion occurred 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of the town of el-Arish in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, a relatively isolated area.
The pipeline caught fire after the explosion, which took place around 2:00 AM Thursday morning. A large fire began burning, and it was brought under control only on Thursday afternoon.
Egypt had said that it was to begin installing hi-tech surveillance and detection equipment all along the length of the pipeline this week. However, the equipment was not installed in time to prevent the latest bombing – and as a result, the flow of gas from Sinai to Israel and Jordan has been halted again, just two weeks after the pipeline was repaired from a previous attack over the summer. The last outage stopped the flow of Sinai gas to Israel for over 100 days. Officials Thursday said they could not give a date on when the gas would begin to flow again.
The terrorists' identity was not known, officials said, but they are suspected to be either rebel Bedouin groups, who have in the past blown up the pipeline, or possibly Gaza Arabs.
The terrorists dug a hole in the ground under the pipeline installation two meters (six feet) deep, in order to reach the pipe itself, which is buried underground. They were not detected, and had been working for several hours, officials said. The explosion occurred 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of the town of el-Arish in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, a relatively isolated area.
The pipeline caught fire after the explosion, which took place around 2:00 AM Thursday morning. A large fire began burning, and it was brought under control only on Thursday afternoon.
Egypt had said that it was to begin installing hi-tech surveillance and detection equipment all along the length of the pipeline this week. However, the equipment was not installed in time to prevent the latest bombing – and as a result, the flow of gas from Sinai to Israel and Jordan has been halted again, just two weeks after the pipeline was repaired from a previous attack over the summer. The last outage stopped the flow of Sinai gas to Israel for over 100 days. Officials Thursday said they could not give a date on when the gas would begin to flow again.
The terrorists' identity was not known, officials said, but they are suspected to be either rebel Bedouin groups, who have in the past blown up the pipeline, or possibly Gaza Arabs.
Rebels, terrorists, Arabs but not one mention of the ideology driving these attacks. Enraged Baptists, perhaps?
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