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Egypt tightens security at Suez Canal CAIRO � Egyptian authorities have increased security measures to prevent an Al Qaida attack on the Suez Canal. Egyptian officials said authorities have imposed new restrictions to ensure protection of ships using the canal. The measures would ban the approach of fishing vessels near the canal. The measures are also meant to protect ships in or at the entrances to the Suez Canal, officials said. The measures were formulated last year before a recent alert throughout the Middle East of an Al Qaida-aligned attack. Authorities have not raised the level of alert around the Suez Canal. But ships would be banned from sounding their horns between Ismailia and Port Said. The Suez Canal links the Mediterranean with the Red Sea and attracted revenues of $3 billion last year. Some 16,700 vessels used the canal in 2004, an increase of 7 percent over the previous year. Fishing boats would also be banned from operating in the area of the Suez Canal and particularly along shipping routes. Officials said these rules had been relaxed over the past few years. In 2004, the United States warned of an Al Qaida attack on oil tankers that moved through the Suez Canal. But officials said there has not been a major threat of such an attack. Egypt has also tightened security restrictions along roads leading to the canal. The restrictions ban all vehicles that do not belong to the Suez Canal Authority. Another measure is to increase inspections of boats that anchor in Egypt's ports, including Port Said, Ismailia and Suez. Egypt has increased transit fees for ships using the Suez Canal by 3 percent in 2005, the first since 1995. Ships that carry military equipment were required to pay a 25 percent increase. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
