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Egypt's military fighting scorched-earth war in Sinai Peninsula

Egypt's military dictatorship has launched a major offensive against what it calls terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula. Rebels there want to establish a strict Islamic state. But residents whose homes have been destroyed by shelling are frustrated by the harsh crackdown, and sympathy for the extremists is on the rise. Clarissa Ward reports.
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