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| Bedouins kidnap Chinese workers in Egypt's Sinai |
| 2012-01-31 |
| Bedouin in Egypt's Sinai region kidnapped 25 mostly Chinese cement factory workers on Tuesday, demanding that authorities free fellow tribesmen from prison, sources from the tribe said. "We will not release the Chinese until our demand for the release of these sons of Sinai are met," said one of the Bedouins who wanted to remain anonymous. The workers were kidnapped on their way to a Sinai cement plant. They are being held in a tent near a road the Bedouins have blocked to press their demand, the sources said. They said the jailed tribesmen were arrested between 2004 and 2006 as part of an investigation into bombings at the Taba resort on Sinai's Red Sea coast in which 31 people were killed. Security officials were negotiating for the release of the Chinese workers, a security source said. Residents of Sinai say they are neglected by Cairo and have attacked police stations and blocked access to towns, villages and industrial sites to show their discontent. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 It appears these have now been released by their Captors, but the ones kidnapped in SUDAN are still being held. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-31 23:11 |
| #5 Actually, it would be very interesting if the Chinese tried some unconventional force projection for this, with maximum bloodletting to send a message. Their people would learn all sorts of interesting and practical information, and everyone else would learn about Chinese unconventional warfare. Unfortunately, China probably has a "Meh, there are more where they came from" attitude. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-01-31 20:46 |
| #4 I find it ironic that the people whose albeit distant ancestors built the pyramids. It was the ancestors of the Copts, not Egyptian Arabs and definitely not of the Bedouin. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-01-31 13:00 |
| #3 Is that the sound of the Chinese equivalent of SEAL team 6 gearing up? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-01-31 11:50 |
| #2 Probably not the best idea anybody ever had. |
| Posted by: mojo 2012-01-31 10:57 |
| #1 I find it ironic that the people whose albeit distant ancestors built the pyramids now need the Chinese to make cement for them. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2012-01-31 10:46 |