Egypt Surges Troops in Sinai

By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:

Egypt has bolstered its army presence in the Sinai desert. They have just added significant numbers of troops along the border.

The new troop surge is there for three reasons. First, the Egyptians need to fight the illegal smuggling that takes place there. Second, the Egyptians are making an effort to clamp down on the rockets that are shot from Sinai into Israel. Third, Egypt is trying to prevent the blowing up of the gas lines that run through the area.

In other words, bringing more troops to the Sinai desert is an effort to bring law and order to the Sinai desert.

The single largest business in the area is smuggling. Consequently, stopping smuggling is not very popular with local Egyptians and the army has not been very successful in stopping the smuggling industry.
The important thing is that Egyptian leadership, aka the Egyptian army is taking a stand. And it is a law and order stand and that, hopefully, will have an impact on the Egyptian elections slated to take place in June.

Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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