Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian and Sudanese troops rescued an abducted 19-member European tour group in an assault on the kidnappers in the remote Sahara borderland, officials said. The tourists and their Egyptian guides returned safely to Cairo on Monday.
The operation, apparently backed by European special forces, ends a 10-day hostage drama that took the 11 Europeans and their eight drivers and guides across a barren stretch of the Sahara Desert. They were seized by gunmen on Sept. 19 while on a desert safari in remote southwestern Egypt. Their abductors took them to Sudan. Reports followed that they were then taken to Libya, or perhaps even Chad.
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What Armor course?Strykerguy56 wrote:Had 3 Egyptian officers in my Armor course last year. Talk about some hard bastards. They had their moments where they were lazy (no work on friday, cleaning weapons was "below" them etc.), however, they were tactically ballsy and good guys to have on your crew.
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