ISIS Is Using Leftover Nazi Mines To Bomb The Egyptian Military
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Saagar Enjeti
11:46 AM 08/11/2016
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Iraqi soldiers reload a weapon during clashes with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Makhmour, south of Mosul, Iraq, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari/File Photo Iraqi soldiers reload a weapon during clashes with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Makhmour, south of Mosul, Iraq, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari/File Photo
Islamic State fighters are digging up old Nazi mines laid during World War II in Egypt to use as IED’s against the Egyptian military.
“We’ve had at least 10 reports from the military of terrorists using old mines,” Egypt’s former landmine clearance czar told Newsweek. Experts believe northwest Egypt has nearly 17 million buried landmines, and may even be the world’s largest unexploded minefield. In March 2015, five Egyptian soldiers were killed in an IED attack that was fashioned out of an old Nazi mine by ISIS.
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http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/11/isis-is-using-leftover-nazi-mines-to-bomb-the-egyptian-military/#ixzz4KVpIYMKQ
