ABC News Violence in Egypt's Sinai Kills 11 Civilians, 2 Soldiers Military officials say 11 civilians and two soldiers have been killed in three attacks in Egypt's restive northern Sinai. The officials said a mortar landed Wednesday on a residential area south of Sheik Zweid, a town in northern Sinai, hitting a house and killing nine of its residents. Separately, officials said a missile landed on a house in another village, killing two civilians. In a third attack, outside the provincial capital el-Arish, officials said an explosive detonated as a military vehicle drove past, killing two police officers. The officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/violence-egypts-sinai-kills-11-civilians-soldiers-30167332 The Times of Israel Egypt charges 379 with murder over 2013 Cairo unrest Egyptian prosecutors pressed murder charges against 379 people on Wednesday over the deaths of policemen and civilians during the dispersal of Islamist protest camps in the capital in 2013. It was not immediately clear how many of the defendants were in custody but it was the latest in a string of controversial mass trials to be announced over the violence. Prosecutors charge that the defendants took part in an "armed sit-in" at the capital's Nahda Square in August 2013, and in "armed marches that attacked civilians" in several parts of Cairo. "Their action resulted in casualties among policemen and civilians," a prosecution statement said. Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-charges-379-with-murder-over-2013-cairo-unrest/ International Business Times Egypt Islamic Authority Issues Fatwa Against Philadelphia Anti-Islam Bus Posters Egypt's most prominent religious authority has issued a religious proclamation, or fatwa, blasting a controversial anti-Islam poster campaign that has been running on public transport in Philadelphia over the past week. The fatwa from Dar al-Ifta on Wednesday proclaiming the posters racist is the most notable international criticism to be added to the wave of condemnation against the campaign, which features slogans that link Islam to Nazism. The posters include an image of Adolf Hitler having a sit-down meeting with Haj Amin al-Husseini, a Muslim Palestinian nationalist leader during the 1920s and 1930s, whom the ad characterized as "the leader of the Muslim world." The ad urges an end to "aid to all Islamic countries" under the slogan "Islamic Jew-Hatred: It's in the Quran." At least 84 buses in Philadelphia, the fifth-largest U.S. city, are scheduled to display the posters through the end of April. Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/egypt-islamic-authority-issues-fatwa-against-philadelphia-anti-islam-bus-posters-1874428 UPI Hellfire missiles approved for Egypt Egypt has been approved by the U.S. State Department for purchase of more than 300 Hellfire missiles through the Foreign Military Sales program. The 356 AGM-114K/R3 Hellfire II Air-to-Ground missiles, together with associated equipment and support, would be worth an estimated $57 million, according to the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which notified Congress of the possible sale. "Egypt will use the enhanced capability as a deterrent to regional threats and to strengthen its homeland defense," the agency said. "While this potential sale would be the first transfer of the R variant of this missile to Egypt, Egypt already has the F and K variants in its inventory and will have no difficulty absorbing these additional missiles." Read more: http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2015/04/08/Hellfire-missiles-approved-for-Egypt/6671428503101/
