Egypt

An American, 9 Frenchmen, 2 Belgians, 2 Syrian, a Tunisian and an unknown number of Egyptians were arrested in Egypt last week for plotting terror attacks in the Middle East and recruiting terrorists to fight in Iraq. Sinai and Sharm el Sheikh under terror alert as Israel and Australia warn its citizens to be on alert. Meanwhile, Egyptian authorities sieze nearly a ton of TNT bound for Gaza.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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