Militants?

"Militants on Tuesday attacked a pipeline carrying natural gas from Egypt to Jordan and Israel. "  Militants? Why militants? How did the New York Times know?  Then the paper says:  "The authorities did not name suspects in the attack."  Oh, no.  They did name suspects but withheld their names.  I shall here for the first time reveal their names:  Karim potato and Husni potato.  Those two are the lead suspects.