Egypt raids Sinai Bedouins in search for Hezbollah link

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The fallout from the suspicious 'Hezbollah cell' arrests continues in Egypt where Bedouins of the Sinai are being killed and harassed by state security. They tried to hold a protest on Saturday.
Bedouins in Sinai attempted in vain to protest Saturday against increased security raids in the wake of the Hezbollah cell case.

Security forces managed to scupper the protest but the assembled Bedouins who gathered near Al-Oja in an area called Abu Hashad decided that another protest would be held on June 1...

...Security forces have stated that they are searching for some 25 people in Sinai who they believe are involved with the alleged Hezbollah terror cell that was exposed and captured in Egypt. From Daily News Egypt

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