Egypt raises alert level in Sinai over jihadist fears

"You know, when it comes to Egypt, I think, had it not been for the leadership we showed, you might have seen a different outcome there."
~Barack Obama on CBS' 60 Minutes, January 27, 2013.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Interior Ministry told police in the Sinai peninsula to raise a state of emergency after obtaining intelligence that jihadists might attack their forces there, state news agency MENA reported.

Officials have expressed growing worries about security in the desert region which borders Israel and is home to a number of tourist resorts.

"The Minister of Interior has raised the level of emergency in North and South Sinai after receiving information that jihadist groups intend to attack police buildings there," Interior Ministry official General Osama Ismail said, according to MENA.

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