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Two women open fire on tour bus in Cairo | ||
2005-04-30 | ||
Two veiled women opened fire on a tour bus in a historic part of the Egyptian capital Saturday and one of them was killed in a gunbattle with security guards, authorities said. Hours earlier, a suspect in an April 7 bomb attack died in a police chase when an explosive he was carrying blew up as he jumped off a bridge. Seven people, including four foreigners, were injured in the explosion, which occurred by a bus station near an exclusive hotel frequented by foreigners and behind the downtown Egyptian Museum. The Interior Ministry said Ehab Yousri Yassin, an Egyptian suspected in the April 7 bombing at a tourist bazaar, was killed after he jumped from the bridge during a pursuit, setting off the explosion he was carrying.
Not good for the tourism business. Or for Hosni. snip.
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Posted by:Mrs. Davis |
#9 It's always our fault. Ignorance, folly, brutality, diving into the till, stealing the entire boodle, murder, rape, famine, indigestion and the heartbreak of psoriasis... |
Posted by: Fred 2005-04-30 11:16:12 PM |
#8 Folks, The topic is the Middle East--I believe the term is 'hummous'? |
Posted by: JDB 2005-04-30 7:26:08 PM |
#7 "What is wrong with these people?" They're Muslims. |
Posted by: Dave D. 2005-04-30 2:42:48 PM |
#6 Typos, like homorous = humorous, though, are fine with me. ;-) |
Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-04-30 2:33:36 PM |
#5 John, I share your sentiment, but not your love for neologisms that do not make, even remotely, any sense or do not introduce some homorous facet in the scheme of things. While it is certainly a commonly heard word, its usage is considered substandard because the word is illogical. "Regardless" already means "without regard," so when we add the negative prefix "ir-," we create a double negative. In essence, we end up saying "not without regard," which means, of course, "with regard"--the opposite of what we intend. |
Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-04-30 2:32:20 PM |
#4 What is wrong with these people? Do not look for logic and consistency in the Middle East where they are not to be found. -- Victor Davis Hanson |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-30 2:04:57 PM |
#3 They seem to find it impossible to comdemn an atrocity without dragging the koran and america/israel into it. Killing people at random is (a) a crime everywhere in the word (b) against all religious teachings The attack isn't wrong because Allah said so. It is wrong because killing is wrong. All human socities prohibit this, irregardless of religion, culture etc. Why can't they just condemn the killing? What is wrong with these people? |
Posted by: john 2005-04-30 12:39:14 PM |
#2 ...but interestingly also "Down with Israel" "Down with America" Yep, our $2B / yr is really working... |
Posted by: Raj 2005-04-30 12:30:03 PM |
#1 In the BBC TV report, a witness said that a crowd gathered, angry at the attack. They shouted "Haram" (implying the attack was forbidden) "Down with terrorism" but interestingly also "Down with Israel" "Down with America" (who have nothing to do with the attack). |
Posted by: john 2005-04-30 12:27:50 PM |