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I'm sitting here thinking, "Man, I gotta get some sleep. Lemme check the news sites before I hit the sack."
CNN front page: Triple blasts rock Israelit vacation spots Link
(Kicker: "Thursday's bombings brought to mind the November 2002 attack in in the Kenyan city of Mombasa when three suicide bombers blew up the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel, killing 12 people. That blast came just after assailants fired two missiles at an Israeli charter plane carrying 271 people but missed their target.
Those attacks were blamed on al Qaeda.")
Al-Jazeera's coverage (remarkably muted and non-inflammatory... so far): Israelis killed in Egyptian resort blasts Link
The numbers vary of course, but not quite like they normally do.
(Kicker: The list of "related articles" links that appear below the article summary on the first page... "US Gaza veto angers Arab League" Link ... and "Israelit missile kills two children." Link Kind of fucking pales in comparison. Perhaps the Israeli vacationers were "preparing to fire an improvised rocket" at the Mujahideen?)
Oh, yeah. Kudos to the Egyptians on this terrorist-apologetist bit: "But Egyptian public television reported that a gas leak was the cause."
Bonus track: Check out the latest political cartoon at the bottom of Al-Jazeera's english language homepage. Greywar told you the Jew was in charge!
Yeargh!
edit: apologies for the deleted comment. I thought it's complete lack of on-topic-ness detracted from the article. Thanks.
2nd edit: Fast gist of the Arabic version of AJ's article on this:
The Egyptian Security Apparatus raised the alert status of its forces and secured the tourist areas in the Sinai, after three boobytrapped car explosions shook the area of the Egyptian tourism along the Red Sea in Taba last night. 35 were killed and around 160 others wounded, most of them Israelis.
Egyptian Security sources said today that they have closed land approaches to Taba and increased security precautions in the Cairo Airport in response to the explosions.
The Egyptian Middle East news agency reported that a statement of security sources that the authorities closed all roads leading to the area of the explosions and all of Taba ... and placed roadblocks several kilometers from the entrances to Taba to prevent entrance or exiting.
The increased security status affects all air travel from Cairo International Airport. (They're taking?) the names of all passengers travelling to and from there...
The first explosion happened at the Hilton Hotel in Taba then two more explosions in Noweebe' and Ras al-Shaytan (literally, Satan/the Devil's Head, like I suspected from another link) which are tens of kilometers to the south west of Taba. The strength of the explosion caused several floors of the hotel to collapse.
Authorities confirmed that the casualties were about 35 dead and 160 others wounded, but that a spokesperson for the Egyptian Interior Ministry said that it was only 12 killed and 135 wounded. Mustafa Afifi, the governor of the southern Sinai, said two of the explosions which targeted tourist (campsites, I assume) ... were targeting the Israeli tourists, but that they were mined cars, or a small truck to be exact. (?)
No one has announced their responsibility for the attacks, and Egyptian authorities said they have no evidence that these explosions were terrorist attacks (!) ... Israeli suspects Al-Qaeda's organization.
Israeli Security Forces had warned the Egyptain ministry in the Sinai that Palestinian (bombers?) or other Islamic (operatives?) may target them. (!)
Thousands of Israelis had traveled to the Sinai peninsula in Egypt, a famous and pleasant tourist spot, during a Jewish holiday, and there were a fuckload of them in the hotel, too.
Okay, more than a gist, with some quick improv in there, too. I left my Hans-Wehr at work, sorry. (0039 local)
CNN front page: Triple blasts rock Israelit vacation spots Link
(Kicker: "Thursday's bombings brought to mind the November 2002 attack in in the Kenyan city of Mombasa when three suicide bombers blew up the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel, killing 12 people. That blast came just after assailants fired two missiles at an Israeli charter plane carrying 271 people but missed their target.
Those attacks were blamed on al Qaeda.")
Al-Jazeera's coverage (remarkably muted and non-inflammatory... so far): Israelis killed in Egyptian resort blasts Link
The numbers vary of course, but not quite like they normally do.
(Kicker: The list of "related articles" links that appear below the article summary on the first page... "US Gaza veto angers Arab League" Link ... and "Israelit missile kills two children." Link Kind of fucking pales in comparison. Perhaps the Israeli vacationers were "preparing to fire an improvised rocket" at the Mujahideen?)
Oh, yeah. Kudos to the Egyptians on this terrorist-apologetist bit: "But Egyptian public television reported that a gas leak was the cause."
Bonus track: Check out the latest political cartoon at the bottom of Al-Jazeera's english language homepage. Greywar told you the Jew was in charge!
Yeargh!
edit: apologies for the deleted comment. I thought it's complete lack of on-topic-ness detracted from the article. Thanks.
2nd edit: Fast gist of the Arabic version of AJ's article on this:
The Egyptian Security Apparatus raised the alert status of its forces and secured the tourist areas in the Sinai, after three boobytrapped car explosions shook the area of the Egyptian tourism along the Red Sea in Taba last night. 35 were killed and around 160 others wounded, most of them Israelis.
Egyptian Security sources said today that they have closed land approaches to Taba and increased security precautions in the Cairo Airport in response to the explosions.
The Egyptian Middle East news agency reported that a statement of security sources that the authorities closed all roads leading to the area of the explosions and all of Taba ... and placed roadblocks several kilometers from the entrances to Taba to prevent entrance or exiting.
The increased security status affects all air travel from Cairo International Airport. (They're taking?) the names of all passengers travelling to and from there...
The first explosion happened at the Hilton Hotel in Taba then two more explosions in Noweebe' and Ras al-Shaytan (literally, Satan/the Devil's Head, like I suspected from another link) which are tens of kilometers to the south west of Taba. The strength of the explosion caused several floors of the hotel to collapse.
Authorities confirmed that the casualties were about 35 dead and 160 others wounded, but that a spokesperson for the Egyptian Interior Ministry said that it was only 12 killed and 135 wounded. Mustafa Afifi, the governor of the southern Sinai, said two of the explosions which targeted tourist (campsites, I assume) ... were targeting the Israeli tourists, but that they were mined cars, or a small truck to be exact. (?)
No one has announced their responsibility for the attacks, and Egyptian authorities said they have no evidence that these explosions were terrorist attacks (!) ... Israeli suspects Al-Qaeda's organization.
Israeli Security Forces had warned the Egyptain ministry in the Sinai that Palestinian (bombers?) or other Islamic (operatives?) may target them. (!)
Thousands of Israelis had traveled to the Sinai peninsula in Egypt, a famous and pleasant tourist spot, during a Jewish holiday, and there were a fuckload of them in the hotel, too.
Okay, more than a gist, with some quick improv in there, too. I left my Hans-Wehr at work, sorry. (0039 local)
