Egypt’s strategy in Sinai is being explored in the foreign press over the weekend, with the usual alarmist tinge coloring the conversation. First off is Human Rights Watch, which ran a report which alleges that security forces may have arbitrarily detained and forcibly disappeared men in Sinai and then staged a counter-terrorism raids to cover it up. Security tactics were also questioned by Voice of America, which blames them for the Sinai insurgency gaining strength.
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