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October 07, 2004
Egypt Bombing Updates/Responsibility Claimed [Update -2-]
[First reported here, there may be some overlapping on these updates] The death toll varies from source to source; this one says that at least 35 are dead - that's the highest number thus far. Reuters reports that there are at least 100 injured. Israel offers to evacuate Israelis at Egyptian resorts : Israel says it will evacuate any of the 12- to 15-thousand Israelis who wish to leave Egypt's Sinai Peninsula following deadly resort attacks. A spokeswoman for Israel's foreign ministry says there is a plan to send buses to the area, located just across the border with Egypt. To recap, the blasts (at least three) happened at Egyptian resort areas where Israelis were vacationing and celebrating the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. "The whole front of the hotel has collapsed. There are dozens of people on the floor, lots of blood. It is very tense," witness Yigal Vakni told Israel's Army Radio, according to The Associated Press. "I am standing outside of the hotel, the whole thing is burning and they have nothing to put it out with." "We know of other people trapped under the ruins of the hotel," rescue worker spokesman Yerucham Mendola told the AP. The first explosion occurred at the Hilton hotel in the Taba resort, packed at around 10 p.m. The second explosion took place in the popular destination for Israelis,Ras Hasatan. The third blast happened in another resort town, Nuweiba, located on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Originally thought to be caused by exploding gas cannisters, Israeli officials now say that the blasts were caused by car bombs: Israeli media reported a burned out car was found at the scene and that 10 floors of the 400-room Hilton had collapsed. Analysis: Target was Israelis as well as Israel-Egypt ties Update:
Update: Someone has made the claim: "Jamaa Al-Islamiya Al-Alamiya (World Islamist Group) claims responsibility for the explosion at the Taba hotel, carried out in revenge for the Palestinian and Arab martyrs dying in Palestine and Iraq," the caller said. "Jamaa will carry out a series of martyr operations (suicide attacks) during the month of Ramadan to avenge these martyrs," he said. Update: Rusty Shackleford has good coverage of the attacks. [To be updated] Posted by Michele at October 7, 2004 08:12 PM | TrackBackComments
John Kerry would call for a summit and demand that Israel pass a "global test" before responding.
Posted by: Darleen ..Darleen, Kerry is a professional politician..in others words..if his lips are moving he`s lying..
Posted by: Rob_NC Israel shoud retaliate by carpet-bombing Gaza. Out-terrorizing the terrorists is the only solution to terrorism. Posted by: BattleofthePyramids ..there is hope..
Posted by: Rob_NC John Kerry would call for a summit...
Posted by: Solara As a Australian expat resident in Cairo, I can guarantee that Islamofascists are not handing out sweets in the streets of Cairo following this one.
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