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Sisi says Egypt faces long, tough battle against militants

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31-01-2015 | 11:07

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that the country faces a long, hard battle against militancy, days after one of the bloodiest attacks on security forces in years.

"This battle will be difficult, strong, evil and will take a long time," said Sisi in comments broadcast on state television after meeting Egypt's top military officers.

On Thursday night, four separate attacks on security forces in North Sinai were among the worst in the country in years. Islamic State's Egyptian wing, Sinai Province, claimed the killing of at least 30 soldiers and police officers.

Sisi said Egypt was confronting the "strongest secret organization in the world", a reference to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood.

Then army chief, Sisi removed Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi from the presidency in July of 2013 after mass protests against his rule.

Security forces then launched a fierce crackdown on the movement, which says it is committed to peaceful activism.

Egyptian officials make no distinction between the Brotherhood, Islamic State, Al Qaeda and Sinai Province, previously called Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, arguing the groups pose a major threat because they share the same ideology.

The Muslim Brotherhood says it is a peaceful organization.

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