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2004-02-09 Africa: North

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Posted by Steve 2004-02-09 9:05:10 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well we should really get more aggressive. Give the Islamazoids something to really bitch about. How about a JDAM on Medina.

Posted by dataman1 2004-2-9 9:35:24 AM|| 2004-2-9 9:35:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The last time there was a tourist killing in Egypt the population rose in condemnation of the attack, because the take-in quite a bit of money in the area adjacent to the pyramids. This incident will be very crippling to the tourist trade if it receives enough publicity.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-9 9:48:45 AM|| 2004-2-9 9:48:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 ....attack in a historic Islamic quarter of northern Cairo....
Just wondering how many historic non-islamic quarters there are in a country that is 94% Sunni Muslim?

Posted by GK 2004-2-9 10:14:35 AM|| 2004-2-9 10:14:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 An Australian and two Norwegian

The guy couldn't even stop to ask if they were the right nationality? That's just rude.

Posted by Charles 2004-2-9 10:33:24 AM|| 2004-2-9 10:33:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 The Palis don't get Holocaust II and the Iraqis are free. So this guy takews his unrighteous indignation out on innocent bystanders. Just standard operating procedure for the Turbans.

Posted by Steve from Relto 2004-2-9 11:05:56 AM|| 2004-2-9 11:05:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Let's be clear, the little 1997 anti-infidel misunderstanding at the pyramids resulted in the massacre of 58 tourists, two police, two Egyptians, and all six attackers. It not the same as a ROPer going to Oslo and finding nothing but gefilte fish to eat.

Posted by ed 2004-2-9 11:23:48 AM|| 2004-2-9 11:23:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Ed, you are correct. There is a big difference in the severity of the events, but the first event left the tourist industry very fragile so even a minor incident may hurt. I guess it doesn't help much to see the Brotherhood in the news on a weekly and discussion of the neighbors fooling with WMD.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-9 11:32:17 AM|| 2004-2-9 11:32:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 couldn't even stop to ask if they were the right nationality?
LOL... that's mean. True, but mean.

Posted by Shipman 2004-2-9 5:39:29 PM|| 2004-2-9 5:39:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 An obviously oppressed and humiliated Muslim stabs three non-believers in the back in a bid to restore his "lost sense of dignity". Nothing to see here. Move on...

Posted by Mark 2004-2-9 7:24:57 PM|| 2004-2-9 7:24:57 PM|| Front Page Top

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