See Nations Comply Guardedly on Cancellations @
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50548-2004Jan2.html
KH, allegedly the bearded man pictured at his
website, said: Curious
isn't it? The BBC report the following on their website:
<<<<
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
>>>>
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:
<<<<
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
>>>>
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
|
_______________________________________________
Futurework mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
