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Security forces clash with drug smugglers in Sinai
Jun 21, 2009, 16:40 GMT
Cairo - Egyptian security forces clashes with suspected drug smugglers in the Sinai on Sunday, security sources told the German Press Agency dpa.
The security force, which had been monitoring a group of suspected drug dealers, exchanged fire with the smugglers as they approached the Israeli border in al-Contella area in Sinai.
An Egyptian soldier was injured in the clash, while the smugglers able to flee, the source said.
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