Al-Sisi: Foreign hands behind Sinai attack
CAIRO - Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said Saturday a deadly assault on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 30 troops was a "foreign-funded operation."
Roaring in front of cameras, al-Sisi said there are foreign powers that want to "break the back of Egypt," without elaborating. He vowed to take drastic measures to uproot the militants and said Egypt is engaged in an "extensive war" that will last a long time.
"There is a big conspiracy against us," he said while standing with army commanders ahead of a military funeral for the slain soldiers and officers.
