.- A bomb exploded today in one of the main pipelines of the city of Al Arish, in northern Egypt's Sinai peninsula, said official sources told Efe. The sources could not confirm reports that Egyptian public television that indicated the possibility of sabotage is involved in an incident that has left no casualties.
According to Egyptian television, a "spoiler" blew up the major international gas plant that connects Al Arish to Jordan, but the country where the gas is a source of confusion. While official sources corroborated that the pipeline connects with Jordan, broadcasters Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera reported that the tube connects with Israel.
In this sense, Egyptian television reported that another gas pipeline in the area of El Sheikh Zauid that connects itself with Israel through the Mediterranean Sea. The fire in the main pipeline caused, according to the television, explosions in the other channel. Fire units rushed to the area to try and quell the flames and the pipeline has been closed to prevent the flow of gas.
The column of smoke produced by the explosions can be seen from the Palestinian Gaza Strip, about 70 kilometers from the scene. Since the beginning of political protests against the regime of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has been one of the points of instability, with clashes between the Bedouins and police.
Yesterday, a group of Bedouins threw grenades at a security headquarters of the State in the town of Al Arish, while the January 29, twelve people were killed in exchanges of fire with security forces. The Egyptian authorities often accuse the Bedouin of the Sinai to engage in smuggling and acts of sabotage, but tribal leaders complain that the marginalization in which they live their communities are forced to engage in illegal activities.
It is estimated that the Sinai Bedouins there are about 300 000, distributed in about fifteen tribes who consider themselves descendants of Arab groups originating in the Arabian Peninsula. 
According to Egyptian television, a "spoiler" blew up the major international gas plant that connects Al Arish to Jordan, but the country where the gas is a source of confusion. While official sources corroborated that the pipeline connects with Jordan, broadcasters Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera reported that the tube connects with Israel.
In this sense, Egyptian television reported that another gas pipeline in the area of El Sheikh Zauid that connects itself with Israel through the Mediterranean Sea. The fire in the main pipeline caused, according to the television, explosions in the other channel. Fire units rushed to the area to try and quell the flames and the pipeline has been closed to prevent the flow of gas.
The column of smoke produced by the explosions can be seen from the Palestinian Gaza Strip, about 70 kilometers from the scene. Since the beginning of political protests against the regime of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has been one of the points of instability, with clashes between the Bedouins and police.
Yesterday, a group of Bedouins threw grenades at a security headquarters of the State in the town of Al Arish, while the January 29, twelve people were killed in exchanges of fire with security forces. The Egyptian authorities often accuse the Bedouin of the Sinai to engage in smuggling and acts of sabotage, but tribal leaders complain that the marginalization in which they live their communities are forced to engage in illegal activities.
It is estimated that the Sinai Bedouins there are about 300 000, distributed in about fifteen tribes who consider themselves descendants of Arab groups originating in the Arabian Peninsula.
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