Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 14

1-Apr-2011

EGYPT

Arab Gas Pipeline Target Of Attempted Bombing

A metering station on the Arab Gas Pipeline (AGP) in northern Sinai was the target of an attempted bombing on 27 March. Six gunmen overpowered a guard at the station near the village of El Sabil in the early hours of the day, planted a bomb and fled. The detonator on the bomb failed and later soldiers were able to disarm the device. The attack on the pipeline, which carries natural gas...