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**draigenia** · 07-05-2012, 06:15 PM

this explains it:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-a-540756.html

"German "Desert Fox" Erwin Rommel and the British Eighth Army left behind hundreds of thousands of mines and unexploded shells in their North African battles of World War II. The explosive relics are hampering Egypt's access to untapped oil and gas reserves in the desert."

07-05-2012, 06:15 PM	#2
draigenia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 534 Senior Member	this explains it: http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-a-540756.html "German "Desert Fox" Erwin Rommel and the British Eighth Army left behind hundreds of thousands of mines and unexploded shells in their North African battles of World War II. The explosive relics are hampering Egypt's access to untapped oil and gas reserves in the desert."
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