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An Egyptian charter plane belonging to Flash Airlines crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 141 people on board. Most of the passengers are thought to be French tourists.
3 January 2004
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That's all!
Then on the radio various spokesmen from the Egyptian, French and British governments all say in quick succession that they have no reason to believe that it was an Al Qaeda attack. (Then reluctantly BBCRadio allowed an independent terrorist expert to say that the total lack of evidence means it could have been Al Qaeda.)
I then had to go to the Chicago Sun-Times to find out more about it -- in particular, where the airplane had taken off from:
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Egyptian jet with 148 aboard crashes in Red Sea
Sharm el-Sheik is a popular Red Sea tourist resort that also frequently hosts major political and economic summits. Egypt has held several meetings on Middle East peace there, including one in which President Bush met with regional leaders in June over the "road map" plan toward creating a Palestinian state.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair was vacationing at the resort, but a spokeswoman at his office in London said neither Blair nor any members of his family were aboard the Air Flash plane.
January 3, 2004
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The BBC and the British government have still not said that it might have been an attack not entirely disconnected from the fact that Tony Blair holidaying at his favourite resort, Sharm el-Sheik.
He'd have been returning by air any day now.
I imagine he'll be returning by an unorthodox route now.
KSH
Keith Hudson, Bath, England, <www.evolutionary-economics.org>
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