"They are Sharm el-Sheikh, the Red Sea resort ravaged by three al Qaeda bomb attacks Friday night leaving at least 89 dead and 200 wounded, also Egyptian Rafah, El Arish and Nueiba."
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=386 Egypt has asked Israel for permission to deploy thousands of Interior Ministry Brigade members at four Sinai locations as soon as possible to stamp out the al Qaeda presence. July 23, 2005, 11:46 PM (GMT+02:00) They are Sharm el-Sheikh, the Red Sea resort ravaged by three al Qaeda bomb attacks Friday night leaving at least 89 dead and 200 wounded, also Egyptian Rafah, El Arish and Nueiba.The 1979 peace treaty provided for Egyptian Sinai to stay demilitarized. Israel tends to grant the request. Russian, Kuwaiti, Dutch, British Saudi and Qatari tourists among the casualties as well as many Egyptians. One Israeli woman reported slightly injured. An al Qaeda-linked group called Abdullah Azzam Brigades in Levant and Egypt claimed responsibility . DEBKAfile's sources report the group is named for the Palestinian terror ideologue who was Osama bin Laden's early mentor. First of 3 explosions on Egypt's national holiday - marking the 1952 revolution anniversary - struck the Old Market which was packed with tourists. Some 17 Egyptians were killed in a coffee house. Blasts then hit the Naamah Bay luxury hotels - a suicide car smashing into the 4-star Ghazala Gardens reception, another going off near the Moevenpick. Tourists in the bars and restaurants fled in all directions in panic. Israeli government renews its warning to citizens to stay away from Egypt and Sinai. Last October, al Qaeda struck resorts in northern Sinai resorts including Taba Hilton killing 34, among them 13 Israelis. This latest attack is the most deadly since the 1997 Islamic extremist massacre in Luxor that left 58 dead. Sharm el-Sheikh is a traditional venue for Middle East peace conferences. Last February, Israeli and Palestinian leaders Sharon and Abbas shook hands on a ceasefire there. President Mubarak's winter residence is not far from Naamah Bay. Additional: Bomb cars smuggled in from Jordanian Aqaba July 23, 2005, 11:41 PM (GMT+02:00) While the Egyptians prefer to present the Sharm el Sheikh attack as an inside job with bomb cars stolen in Sinai, DEBKAfile's counter-terror sources report they were smuggled by sea ferry to Nueiba from Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba loaded with suitcases full of explosives. The vehicles were then driven to Sharm el-Sheikh, meant to blow up the Moevenpick Hotel and Hosni Mubarak's winter residence. -------------------------- 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: osint@yahoogroups.com 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/
