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AECCP Dark Lord of the Sith
Aug 2000
time: 00:37
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast...s.ap/index.html
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CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Multiple explosions struck the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula early Saturday, targeting a hotel and killing at least 30 people, witnesses and police said.
Saturday's explosions at 1:15 a.m., when many tourists would have been asleep, shook windows a mile away. Smoke and fire rose from Naama Bay, a main strip of beach hotels in the desert city popular with Israeli and European tourists, witnesses said.
At least 30 people were killed and 107 wounded in at least three explosions in Naama Bay and the Old Market area nearby, an Interior Ministry official said.
Amal Mustafa, 28, an Egyptian who was visiting with her family, said she drove by the Ghazala Garden -- a 176-room four-star resort on the main tourist strip in Naama -- and it was "completely burned down, destroyed."
Khaled Sakran, a resident, said he saw one explosion from the Old Market. "I saw the fire in the sky," he told The Associated Press. "Right after, I saw a light in the sky and heard another explosion, coming from Naama Bay."
"The blast shook my house, I can see the fire and lots of smoke," Akram al-Sherif, a Jordanian who was staying at a summer house less than a mile away, said.
In October 2004 a series of explosions hit several hotels in the Sinai resorts of Taba and Ras Shitan, about 100 miles northwest along the Gulf of Aqaba coast, killing 34 people. Egyptian authorities said that attack was linked to Israeli-Palestinian violence and launched a large wave of arrests in Sinai.
Thousands of tourists are drawn to Sharm for its sun, clear blue water, and coral reefs.
It also has been a meeting place where world leaders have tried to hammer out a Mideast peace agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas met there in February and agreed to a cease-fire. |
Looks like someone's been busy this month. 
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snoopy369
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Of the Peanuts Gallery
Apr 2004
time: 23:37
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Originally posted by GePap
I think the Message Mubarak usually gets is: Hmm, have to increase the number of secret police.
Though, the guy did see his boss shot right in from of him, well, his boss and a large bunch of others. |
By "see" you mean "watch", right? 
I bet it's domestic fundamentalists. Perhaps encouraged by Al Quaeda, but probably not them directly. Just taking advantage of the times
You'd be surprised at how many educated Egyptians support herr dictator Mubarak. Some folks I met way, way back when I was in high school and doing the whole trip-to-washington-dc thing, from Egypt, quite smart ladies, were wholehearted supporters of him. I was shocked
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Eli
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Israel
Jul 2000
time: 07:37
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69 dead according to Israeli media.
Somehow I dont think it's the Muslim Brotherhood. Were they able to execute anything large in recent years?
Edit: FWIW, on July 23 1952 the Free Officers began their coup in Egypt.
Last edited by Eli on 23-07-2005 at 11:45
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Bereta_Eder
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I've been wanting to visit Egypt for 5 years now and always something like this happens and I get scared.
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Eli
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Israel
Jul 2000
time: 07:37
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quote:
Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
Actually, most terrorist attacks on Egyptian tourist industry happened a few years before 2001. This is the first I can recall after 2001, but worse than the previous.
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There was another one at Taba a few months ago.
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23-07-2005 07:26
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