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2006-04-24 Africa North

3 booms at Egyptian resort town - hotels, restaurant targeted

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Posted by Seafarious 2006-04-24 14:25|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Why do people vacation in Egypt?

Posted by 3dc 2006-04-24 14:48|| 2006-04-24 14:48|| Front Page Top

#2 big Pharoah (a pro democracy blogger in Egypt) went on vacation to the Red Sea

he has posted pictures of some of the resorts there and they look pretty nice

see: http://www.bigpharaoh.com/

Posted by mhw 2006-04-24 14:57|| 2006-04-24 14:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Is this a response to Bin Laden's call over the weekend to attack Egyptians? Or just same old same old?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-04-24 15:02|| 2006-04-24 15:02|| Front Page Top

#4 I hope they didn't get any Israelis this time. Peace be upon those murdered, and a speedy recovery for the wounded innocents.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-04-24 15:16|| 2006-04-24 15:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Not sure I can muster a lot of sympathy for visitors to Egypt. You knew what they were when you bought yer ticket.

Posted by BH 2006-04-24 15:20|| 2006-04-24 15:20|| Front Page Top

#6 I figure unhappy coincident Glenmore.

Posted by 6 2006-04-24 15:24|| 2006-04-24 15:24|| Front Page Top

#7 I think these types of ops are planned well in advance...but perhaps they released Binny's statement as the go signal.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-04-24 15:31|| 2006-04-24 15:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Damn, we can't seem to get to any western targets. Better blow up somethin. How bout those mooslims over there?

Posted by Osamabinhidin 2006-04-24 15:39|| 2006-04-24 15:39|| Front Page Top

#9 I was there when it was still under Israeli control (called Di Zahav) in 1981. Its beautiful, beaches, coral, Sinai mountains in the distance, Saudi mountains on the other side of the Red Sea. Back in those days it was an Israeli-Euro hippie scene. Beduin young men coming to stare at topless Scandinavians, while Israelis played guitars and sold felafel and hung out (and aged beduin women came to sell pita that looked like theyd been making it the same way for 4000 years). Egyptians have built fancy hotels, IIUC.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-04-24 15:48|| 2006-04-24 15:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Looks to me like Richard Clarke's claim that Binny was reduced to commentator status is full of it, IMO. These were no doubt planned in advance, but that tape was almost certainly the "go" signal.

Posted by Dan Darling">Dan Darling 2006-04-24 16:02|| http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]">[http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2006-04-24 16:02|| Front Page Top

#11 Egyptians have built fancy hotels, IIUC.

On lands the Bedouin claim. And the Egyptians have been pushing the Bedouin hard RE land since Israel gave back the Sinai. Hence al-Qaeda finding receptive ears amongst the Bedouin.

Posted by Colt 2006-04-24 17:05|| 2006-04-24 17:05|| Front Page Top

#12 Michael unMoored, "there is not terrorist threat". Right.

More of the same from the peaceful religion of puss.

Posted by Whainter Elmeanter2751 2006-04-24 17:14|| 2006-04-24 17:14|| Front Page Top

#13 Most tourists were Europeans on Easter break.

It's Orthodox Easter, so the vacations will be a lot of Russians, Southern and Eastern Europeans and Egyptian Copts.

Posted by ed 2006-04-24 19:04|| 2006-04-24 19:04|| Front Page Top

#14 PBR interviewed a Swede who was near the bridge when a bomb went off and reported 2 Egyptians dead, several tourists injured by flying glass.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al">Frozen Al 2006-04-24 19:37|| 2006-04-24 19:37|| Front Page Top

#15 The end result of us entering Iraq will be increased terrorist attacks across the globe.

Posted by Mark Lerner">Mark Lerner 2006-04-24 22:21|| www.marklerner.blogspot.com]">[www.marklerner.blogspot.com] 2006-04-24 22:21|| Front Page Top

#16 gee Mark? Think that up all by yourself?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-04-24 22:25|| 2006-04-24 22:25|| Front Page Top

#17 Big Pharoah was not at the scene of the blast, and is OK.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-04-24 22:30|| 2006-04-24 22:30|| Front Page Top

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