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Israel disciplines soldiers over blunders that led to fatal Egyptian border attack

The Israeli military says that it will discipline three officers in the case of a rare attack on the Egyptian border that killed three Israeli soldiers and exposed a series of mishaps earlier this month JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Military said Tuesday that it would discipline three officers over a rare attack on the Egyptian border that killed three Israeli soldiers and exposed a series of mishaps earlier this month. An Egyptian security officer slipped into Israeli territory undetected on June 3 and killed the three Israeli soldiers in two separate shootings in the usually quiet border area. The Israeli military's investigation into the incident found that “a few hours” passed between the two shootings, raising questions about how the Egyptian policeman had not only infiltrated Israel but also managed to spend significant time in Israeli territory without arousing suspicion and mount a surprise attack on a second guard post. The Egyptian policeman easily breached the security g...

49 Ivory Coast soldiers pardoned by Mali's junta leader

The leader of Mali’s military junta has pardoned 49 soldiers from neighboring Ivory Coast who were convicted of undermining Mali's state security and conspiracy against the government BAMAKO, Mali -- Mali's Military junta leader on Friday pardon ed 49 soldiers from neighboring Ivory Coast who were convicted of undermining Mali's state security and conspiracy against the government, authorities announced. Col. Assimi Goita granted the pardon and “demonstrates once again his commitment to peace, dialogue, pan-Africanism and the preservation of fraternal and secular relations with regional countries, in particular those between Mali and Ivory Coast," said a statement from Col. Abdoulaye Maiga, the government spokesman. The pardon comes one week after 46 of the soldiers were sentenced to 20 years in prison. The three other defendants, all women who had been released in September, were tried in absentia and sentenced to death. The 49 soldiers were detained in July w...