{"id":639166,"date":"2017-10-23T03:26:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T03:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/23\/attack-in-the-western-desert-tops-coverage-of-egypt\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T03:26:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T03:26:16","slug":"attack-in-the-western-desert-tops-coverage-of-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/23\/attack-in-the-western-desert-tops-coverage-of-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack in the Western Desert tops coverage of Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Still topping coverage on Egypt in the foreign press is the attack which left at least<\/strong><strong>16 policemen and conscripts dead.<\/strong> Some, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/world\/mena\/egypt-searches-for-answers-after-police-massacre-1.669431\">the National\u2019s Jacob Wirtschafter<\/a>, focus on how the sophistication of the attack has shocked both security forces and the nation at large. \u201cThe attack places the Ministry of Interior under greater scrutiny, because it appears to have been caught off-guard by the abilities of the\u201d terrorists, said the International Crisis Group\u2019s North Africa Project Director Issandr El Amrani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still topping coverage on Egypt in the foreign press is the attack which left at least16 policemen and conscripts dead. 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