Employing CSF troops in the sensitive border region where jihadis have established their strongholds is similarly indicative of Sinai’s insignificance in Egyptian military thought. Created to absorb army rejects who must still complete their mandatory national service, the CSF is a lower-rung security organization in a country whose armed forces are subpar to begin with.
在圣战分子已经建立据点的边境敏感区域派驻中央安全部队同样表明了西奈在埃及军事理念中的微不足道。中央安全部队一贯接收仍需服完强制兵役的军队拒收人员，在武装部队本就标准不高的埃及也属于低级别的安全机构。中央安全部队的兵员大多是没有受过教育的农村人，其中有些人还是文盲。他们最重要的任务包括守卫酒店和银行。