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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Document Information
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News article / media clipping (discovery document)
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Summary
This document is a clipping of a 'Foreign Policy' article titled 'Sinai's Bedouin run amok in post-Mubarak Egypt' by Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, dated August 24, 2011. It details the security deterioration in North Sinai following the Egyptian revolution, highlighting conflicts between Bedouin tribes and the military, attacks on gas pipelines to Israel, and cross-border violence. The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' Bates stamp, indicating it was produced as evidence for a congressional investigation, likely included in a larger cache of foreign policy-related materials.
People (2)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Mohamed Fadel Fahmy | Author/Journalist |
Author of the Foreign Policy article.
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| Hosni Mubarak | Former President of Egypt |
Mentioned regarding his collapsed regime and treatment of Bedouin tribes.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Foreign Policy |
Publication source of the article.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT', indicating this document is part of a congressional investigation.
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| Egyptian Military |
Referenced as Egypt's new rulers facing unrest.
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| Israeli Government |
Mentioned in context of the pipeline attacks and retaliation for border attacks.
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Timeline (3 events)
August 18, 2011
Gunmen carried out attacks in southern Israel leaving eight Israelis dead.
Southern Israel
Gunmen/Militants
Israeli victims
February 2011
Locations (6)
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Primary location of the unrest described.
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Town with a bullet-riddled police station.
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Geographic reference point and source of alleged militants.
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Location of gas exports and militant attacks.
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Country context.
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Seat of the central government.
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Relationships (2)
Mubarak's regime branded the Bedouin... as outlaws who threatened Egyptian sovereignty.
long-running clashes between the military and the Bedouin tribes
Key Quotes (3)
"The pipeline that supplies 40 percent of Israel's natural gas has been bombed five times since the revolution, halting the country's natural gas exports."Source
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"Sinai has become a breeding ground for Islamist extremism and violence"Source
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"The Israeli government... retaliated by launching attacks in both Gaza and Egypt."Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,738 characters)
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Article 3.
Foreign Policy
Sinai’s Bedouin run amok in post-
Mubarak Egypt
Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
Foreign Policy
Sinai’s Bedouin run amok in post-
Mubarak Egypt
Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
AUGUST 24, 2011 -- The landscape of Egypt's lawless North Sinai
governorate is punctuated by the bullet-riddled, torched police station
of Sheikh Zuweid, a densely populated town roughly nine miles from
the Gaza border. It is just one of the security buildings that has fallen
victim to the long-running clashes between the military and the
Bedouin tribes of the region, clashes that have only escalated since
Egypt's revolution. Hosni Mubarak's regime branded the Bedouin, a
largely nomadic and clan-based people, as outlaws who threatened
Egyptian sovereignty. As his rule collapsed in February, and
afterward, the Bedouins sought retribution against the security
services that long oppressed them, attempting to carve out a degree of
autonomy in the region. The unrest has turned into an economic
headache for Egypt's new military rulers: The pipeline that supplies
40 percent of Israel's natural gas has been bombed five times since
the revolution, halting the country's natural gas exports. But more
importantly, Sinai has become a breeding ground for Islamist
extremism and violence that -- barring a dramatic improvement in
relations between the Bedouins and the central government in Cairo --
threatens Egypt and the region at large. Sinai's lawlessness recently
sparked an international incident: On Aug. 18, gunmen carried out a
string of attacks in southern Israel that left eight Israelis dead. The
Israeli government, which claimed that the attackers were militants
from the Gaza Strip who had crossed into Israel through the porous
Sinai border, retaliated by launching attacks in both Gaza and Egypt.
governorate is punctuated by the bullet-riddled, torched police station
of Sheikh Zuweid, a densely populated town roughly nine miles from
the Gaza border. It is just one of the security buildings that has fallen
victim to the long-running clashes between the military and the
Bedouin tribes of the region, clashes that have only escalated since
Egypt's revolution. Hosni Mubarak's regime branded the Bedouin, a
largely nomadic and clan-based people, as outlaws who threatened
Egyptian sovereignty. As his rule collapsed in February, and
afterward, the Bedouins sought retribution against the security
services that long oppressed them, attempting to carve out a degree of
autonomy in the region. The unrest has turned into an economic
headache for Egypt's new military rulers: The pipeline that supplies
40 percent of Israel's natural gas has been bombed five times since
the revolution, halting the country's natural gas exports. But more
importantly, Sinai has become a breeding ground for Islamist
extremism and violence that -- barring a dramatic improvement in
relations between the Bedouins and the central government in Cairo --
threatens Egypt and the region at large. Sinai's lawlessness recently
sparked an international incident: On Aug. 18, gunmen carried out a
string of attacks in southern Israel that left eight Israelis dead. The
Israeli government, which claimed that the attackers were militants
from the Gaza Strip who had crossed into Israel through the porous
Sinai border, retaliated by launching attacks in both Gaza and Egypt.
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