Egypt fires intelligence chief over Sinai attack

By HAMZA HENDAWI SARAH EL DEEB
Published August 8, 2012 4:00am ET
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Egypt fires intelligence chief over Sinai attack
FILE - In this Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012 file photograph, relatives of an Egyptian soldier mourn during the funeral of one of 16 soldiers killed in an attack over the weekend by suspected militants in Sinai in Cairo, Egypt. After decades of neglect and with the collapse of government authority the past 18 months, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has become fertile ground for Islamic extremists. Militant groups have taken root, carrying out attacks against neighboring Israel and now turning their guns against Egypt's military as they vow to set up an Islamic state. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File) | Amr Nabil

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president fired his intelligence chief on Wednesday for failing to act on an Israeli warning of an imminent attack days before militants stormed a border post in the Sinai Peninsula and killed 16 soldiers.

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