A vehicle explodes. Two trucks full of armed men race closer to the resulting crater at the Karm el-Kawadees army camp in North Sinai. The black-clad militants chase the survivors, killing all the soldiers. All of it is captured on video. At least 31 Egyptian soldiers were killed in the October attack, the deadliest to date committed by the Sinai-based militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Champions of Jerusalem). ABM militants released video of the ambush in mid-November -- just days after pledging allegiance to ISIS, the Islamic terror group that now controls large parts of Syria and Iraq. The footage, which also shows a number of drive-by shootings and roadside bomb blasts, suggests that the group's firepower and strategic planning is becoming more sophisticated.
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Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, one of Egypt's most violent militant groups, has pledged allegiance to ISIS
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ABM has killed hundreds of Egyptian police officers and soldiers in recent years
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ABM attacked an army camp in North Sinai in October, killing at least 31 Egyptian soldiers
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Sinai
North Sinai
Observers note the scarcity of verified information coming from @placeholder; the military limits access to the wild terrain believed to be the group's home and the surrounding towns and villages.
North Sinai
Sinai
North Sinai
In the meantime, ABM is no longer confined to @placeholder.
North Sinai
Sinai
North Sinai
He ridiculed ABM's attempts to create an "emirate" out of @placeholder, pledging that no one would crack the enduring unity of Egypt.
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Egypt
Egyptian
Egyptian
He ridiculed ABM's attempts to create an "emirate" out of Sinai, pledging that no one would crack the enduring unity of @placeholder.