"The original treaty allowed about 26,000 Egyptian soldiers and police in the Sinai" and "There are believed to be hundreds of Islamic terrorists living in the Sinai." Lets do the math beginning with saying that there are 2,600 terrorists in the Sinai. As for the military lets say 50% of the Egyptian troops are either support personnel or have other key duties. That leaves 13,000 against 2,600 or five Egyptian trigger pullers per terrorist. I think the Egyptians are in deep trouble.