Egypt's lawless Sinai region

That's become a new fav spot for the islamists.  Wonder what's  attracting them like bees to honey to that part of Egypt.  Maybe they need their war wounds to be stitched up by the experts on the  border there who are always willing to sprinkle their good services on everybody all around. 

From Reuters:
.....Egypt's army says it is crushing   Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula, but in the region's villages and towns a victory for the state feels a long way off.

In a rare visit to eight villages in Northern Sinai last week, a Reuters reporter saw widespread destruction caused by army operations, but also found evidence that a few hundred militants are successfully playing a cat-and-mouse game with the Arab world's biggest army and are nowhere near defeat. It is increasingly difficult for foreign correspondents to openly enter conflict zones in the Sinai.

Residents say the militants - a mix of Egyptian Islamists, foreign fighters and disgruntled youth - have seized control of about a third of the villages in the region and are now taking their fight closer to Cairo.
"The army is in control of the main roads but is unable to enter many villages. It can only attack them by helicopter," said Mustafa Abu Salman, who lives near al-Bars village.
"Even when the army's armored personnel vehicles enter villages they fail to arrest militants who have better knowledge of the place, which the military completely lacks."
Many residents say that the authorities' military operations are actually creating new enemies for the state......