Photos: Police General killed by militant attack in Egypt
September 19, 2013
Smoke rises during clashes between Egyptian security forces and suspected militants, not pictured, in the town of Kerdasa, near Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Egyptian security forces backed by armored vehicles and military helicopters on Thursday laid a siege on an Islamists' stronghold near Giza Pyramids and exchanged fire with what official news agency identified as 'terrorist and criminal elements.' (AP Photo/Ahmed Ramadan) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
Egyptian security forces take cover during clashes with suspected militants, not pictured, in the town of Kerdasa, near Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa) ( Mideast Egypt )
Journalists take cover during clashes between security forces and suspected militants, not pictured, in the town of Kerdasa, near the Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Egyptian security forces backed by armored fighting vehicles and helicopters stormed a town known to be an Islamist stronghold outside of Cairo near the Great Pyramids on Thursday, coming under barrages of fire from gunmen on rooftops as they searched door to door for militants. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah) ( Mideast Egypt Fallen General Photo Gallery )
An Egyptian armed policeman holds a position in front of a burnt police station in the village of Kerdassah on the outskirts of Cairo, on September 19, 2013. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images ( 523022768 )
Smoke rises during clashes between Egyptian security forces and suspected militants, not pictured, in the town of Kerdasa, near Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah) ( Mideast Egypt Fallen General Photo Gallery )
Egyptian security forces take cover during clashes with suspected militants, not pictured, in the town of Kerdasa, near Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah) ( Mideast Egypt Fallen General Photo Gallery )
Egyptian security forces take cover during clashes with suspected militants, not pictured, in the town of Kerdasa, near the Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah) ( Mideast Egypt Fallen General Photo Gallery )
An Egyptian military solider sits atop a tank as he takes cover during clashes with suspected militants, not pictured, in the town of Kerdasa, near Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah) ( Mideast Egypt Fallen General Photo Gallery )
Egyptian security forces hold their weapons during clashes with suspected militants, not pictured, in the town of Kerdasa, near Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa) ( CORRECTION Mideast Egypt )
Egyptian security forces take cover during clashes with suspected militants, not pictured, in the town of Kerdasa, near the Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah) ( Mideast Egypt Fallen General Photo Gallery )
Egyptian security forces help the lifeless body of Giza Police Gen. Nabil Farrag, center, who was killed after unidentified militants opened fire on security forces deployed early morning to the town of Kerdasa to drive off suspected Islamists taking control of the town near Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Gen. Farrag fell in the first moments of the battle between security forces and suspected militants at around 6 a.m. Farrag had just given a pep talk to his men on the street, preparing them to roll into the town of Kerdasa, when they came under a hail of gunfire, according to an Associated Press photographer and video journalists at the scene. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah) ( Mideast Egypt Fallen General Photo Gallery )
An Egyptian military solider holds his weapon during clashes with suspected militants, not pictured, in the town of Kerdasa, near Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa) ( Mideast Egypt )
Egyptian armed policemen patrol a street of the village of Kerdassah on the outskirts of Cairo, on September 19, 2013. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images ( 523022772 )
An Egyptian security force takes cover during clashes with suspected militants, not pictured, in the town of Kerdasa, near Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
A military helicopter flies during clashes between security forces and suspected militants, over the town of Kerdasa, near Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa) ( Mideast Egypt )
Egyptian security forces take cover during clashes with suspected militants, not pictured, in the town of Kerdasa, near Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah) ( Mideast Egypt Fallen General Photo Gallery )
An Egyptian armed policeman closes the door of an armored vehicle as a man looks on holding his bicycle during a raid in the village of Kerdassah on the outskirts of Cairo, on September 19, 2013. A police general was killed when Egyptian security forces stormed Kerdassah in the latest crackdown on Islamist militants, security officials said. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images ( 523022127 )
Egyptian armed policemen arrest men during a raid in the village of Kerdassah on the outskirts of Cairo, on September 19, 2013. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images ( 523022362 )
An Egyptian armed policeman arrests two men on a road leading to the village of Kerdassah on the outskirts of Cairo, on September 19, 2013. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images ( 523022775 )
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