The Egyptian government will seek the help of the tribes of North Sinai in putting into effect measures aimed at securing the national gas pipeline that passes through the peninsula on its way to Israel and Jordan, announced Abdel Wahab Mabruk, Governor of North Sinai. The governor said that he has been coordinating with the Ministry of Petroleum to hire Bedouins to secure the line and the pumping stations connected to it. The plan, according to the governor, is to recruit six men from each of the tribes to help secure the stretch of the pipeline that passes through the tribe's territory. Additional 6 to 8 tribesmen would also be commissioned to secure the stretch between pipeline stations. Since the Egyptian revolution, the gas pipeline has been sabotaged several times.
