Explosions in Egypt Red Sea resorts-residents

[gilliam]

Same place as last year:

CAIRO (Reuters) - A large explosion shook the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday and two other explosions followed later, apparently from the nearby resort of Naama Bay, a resident said.

The first explosion, shortly after one a.m., was audible more than one km (half a mile) away, he said. It started a fire and smoke billowed over the town.

About 15 minutes later, two explosions were audible from the direction of Naama Bay, about six km (four miles) away, he said. Naama Bay has dozens of luxury hotels popular with divers and holidaymakers from Europe.

Another resident said one of the explosions came from the direction of the Moevenpick Hotel in Naama Bay and broke the windows of his apartment.

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[gilliam]

Fox report…20 dead, 100 injured. One resort completely destroyed

 

[Franze]

This is a nightmare, and there aren´t altough four years from 9/11. The islamic terrorism is a nightmare.

 

[HagiaSophia]

Car bomb in Lebanon today also…and then the “usual” …

Militant Islamists will continue to attack Britain until the government pulls its troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, one of the country’s most outspoken Islamic clerics said on Friday.

Speaking 15 days after bombers killed over 50 people in London and a day after a series of failed attacks on the city’s transport network, Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed said the British capital should expect more violence.

“What happened yesterday confirmed that as long as the cause and the root problem is still there … we will see the same effect we saw on July 7,” Bakri said.

“If the cause is still there the effect will happen again and again,” he said, adding he had no information about future attacks or contacts with people planning to carry out attacks.

Bakri, a Syrian-born cleric who has been vilified in Britain since 2001 when he praised the September 11 hijackers, said he did not believe the bombings and attempted attacks on London were carried out by British Muslims.

He condemned the killing of all innocent civilians but described attacks on British and U.S. troops in Muslim countries as “pro-life” and justified.

In an interview with Reuters, Bakri described Osama bin Laden, leader of the radical Islamist network al Qaeda, as “a sincere man who fights against evil forces.”

Bakri said he would like Britain to become an Islamic state but feared he would be deported before his dream was realized.

“I would like to see the Islamic flag fly, not only over number 10 Downing Street, but over the whole world,” he said.

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/22/AR2005072200709_pf.html

 

[gilliam]

Tyrants and Terrorists Are At War With ArabsAustin Bay asks the question:

Bombs in London. Then blasts in Lebanon. Now two bombs in Egypt’s Sinai, at Red Sea resorts. Economic terrorism? Sure. But terrorism, pure and simple. When will George Galloway and Teddy Kennedy admit Al Qaeda is at war with Arabs and Muslims as well as “the West?”

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