Gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan bombed in Egypt's Arish

Global Times Saturday 4th February, 2012

The gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan in Egypt's Arish was bombed in the wee hours on Sunday, a local security source told Xinhua. About ten armed men put the explosives under the pipeline, west of Arish in the north of the Sinai peninsula and bombed it at around 1 a.m. on Sunday (2300 GMT Saturday), said the source. The explosion caused a blaze a...

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