Three explosions heard in Egypt resort town-witness

[ECH1969]

A witness said he heard three explosions and saw smoke in the tourist bazaar area of the Egyptian Sinai resort town of Dahab on Monday, part of a five-day spring holiday in Egypt.

"There is smoke coming from that area and there are people running everywhere," said the witness, who did not want to be named.

The explosions were heard about 7.15 pm local time (6:15 p.m. British Time), the witness added.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-04-24T173951Z_01_L24229256_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SECUIRTY-EGYPT-EXPLOSIONS.xml

[endarkenment]

1. What would happen if Egypt or Saudi Arabia

or Pakistan descended into chaos? Our troops are tied down in Iraq and at this point we are hugely vulnerable to a success by the jihadists in any one of those three countries. Meanwhile our messianic idiot is full steam ahead damn the torpedoes get your war on with Iran. How stupid is this? We are going to lose this war before we even figure out who the enemy really is.

[ECH1969]

2. Three Explosions Rock Sinai Resort Town

Three explosions Monday night rocked the Egyptian resort city of Dahab and there were casualties, police said.

Dahab is located on on the Gulf of Aqaba on the eastern side of the Sinai Peninsula.

Police officials said more than 20 ambulances and police cars were rushing to the el-Masbat section of the city.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,192893,00.html

[brooklynite]

3. AP: At least 100 dead and wounded in Egypt resort explosions, doctor says

Updated headline from MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[maddezmom]

4. Fox just reported 100+ dead

just switched to CNNI hasn't reported any numbers.

[VolcanoJen]

5. Breaking on CNN now.

Does this have anything to do with the recent Bin Laden tape?

[Zynx]

9. That's a distinct possibility.

This is likely the Muslim Brotherhood and Zawahiri has strong connections with them.

[VolcanoJen]

14. Just seems like whenever that fucker Bin Laden shows up...

... something really, really bad follows. Quickly.

[malaise]

18. But the question as usual is

in whose interest?

[malaise]

17. The timing is impeccable

for sure.

[patdem]

6. We have a Du'er in Egypt..I hope he is okay 'onager'

here is a post from him earlier today http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=214x63870

He even mentioned the holiday in his post. I hope he is safe!

[BooScout]

8. He should be....

He's in Alexandria and it's miles away from Dahab.

[patdem]

13. Thanks, I saw he was in Alexandria, but I am not familiar with the

geography of Egypt...thanks for the info. I hope we hear from him soon.

[onager]

26. I'm fine. Thank you!

And thanks to those who PM'd asking about me. I'm in Alexandria, which is way up north and nowhere near the bombings.

Egypt has been expecting something like this, especially with the holidays right now. Both Monday and Tuesday are official government holidays here. Sunday was Easter for the Coptic Xians.

There have been warnings about something like this happening for months, from both the Egyptian and Israeli governments. Those Sinai resorts are also very popular with Israeli tourists. Especially the one that was bombed last summer, Sharm el-Sheikh.

Since Alexandria is on the Mediterranean, it is also a major tourist town for Egypt. I was walking around the streets near the beach just yesterday, before these attacks, thinking horrible thoughts about Death Tolls as I watched the huge crowds milling around.

Alex is probably a less attractive target...at least I hope so. It mostly attracts Egyptians who drive in for the day just to visit the beach.

[maddezmom]

27. glad you're safe

:hug:

[RedEarth]

7. AP: 100 Dead, Hurt in Egyptian Resort Blasts

100 Dead, Hurt in Egyptian Resort Blasts


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Apr 24, 2:06 PM (ET)


CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Three explosions rocked the Egyptian resort city of Dahab on Monday night, and there were at least 100 dead or wounded, according to the doctor who runs Egypt's Sinai Peninsula rescue squad.

Dr. Said Essa said he was headed to the scene of the blasts, one of which hit the el-Mashrabiyah Hotel.

Police officials said more than 20 ambulances and police cars were rushing to the el-Masbat section of the city.

Dahab is located on the Gulf of Aqaba on the eastern side of the Sinai Peninsula.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060424/D8H6H7CO0.html

[Zynx]

10. Nice job on stopping terrorism, George.

I pray for the victims' families.

[Roland99]

12. Terror attacks TRIPLED to over 10,000 in 2005 according to a new rept.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

11. 17 Dead, 150 Hurt in Egypt Resort Blasts

17 Dead, 150 Hurt in Egypt Resort Blasts
Apr 24, 2:20 PM (ET)

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Three explosions Monday night rocked the Egyptian resort city of Dahab at the height of the tourist season, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 150 at just one hotel, according to the doctor who runs Egypt's Sinai Peninsula rescue squad.

Dr. Said Essa said he was headed to the scene of the blasts and that his casualty figures were for victims at the el-Khaleeg Hotel only. He said there were casualties at the scene of the other blasts, but he had no details.

Al-Jazeera television said one of the explosions hit a restaurant.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060424/D8H6HE600.html

on edit: title just changed to "17 Dead at Just 1 Hotel After Egypt Blasts"

[maxrandb]

15. Three Explosions Rock Sinai Resort Town

Sorry for the Faux link
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,192893,00.html

CAIRO, Egypt — Three explosions Monday night rocked the Egyptian resort city of Dahab at the height of the tourist season, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 150 at just one hotel, according to the doctor who runs Egypt's Sinai Peninsula rescue squad.

Dr. Said Essa said he was headed to the scene of the blasts and that his casualty figures were for victims at the el-Khaleeg Hotel only. He said there were casualties at the scene of the other blasts, but he had no details.

Al-Jazeera television said one of the explosions hit a restaurant.

There have been a string of attacks in Egypt's Sinai peninsula over 18 months, including deadly Al Qaeda-style bombings in the Egyptian resorts of Taba and Ras Shitan in October 2004 and in Sharm el-Sheik in July.

[maxrandb]

16. CNN saying 90 dead or injured!!!!

http://www.cnn.com/

More than 90 people are reported killed or injured in at least three explosions Monday in the Red Sea resort town of Dahab, an Egyptian Interior Ministry official told CNN. The explosions, described as a terrorist attack by the official, took place in a market and a hotel. "There were body parts and debris in the street ... There are ambulances and cars taking people to hospital," one witness, who refused to be named, told Reuters news service.

[On the Road]

19. Dahab Used to be Where all the Freaks Hung Out and Got Stoned

Don't know if it's like that any more.

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. Bin Laden tape yesterday, Egypt explosions today

Anyone not seeing the pattern is a dunce.

They are clearly signals to go go go. The entire business about Dafur was probably code to rev up the Africa operation, etc.

[rainbow4321]

23. This site may be all tin foil hat..it talks about attacks get closer/worse

Tin foil maybe, but it is interesting to read...
Scroll down to April 24, 10:03 PST (it's after all those news links listed in blue):

http://members.aol.com/deawatch/daily.htm

Lotsa traffic between the Pentagon and the WH over Osama's tape. According to the fears being articulated... Osama has, apparently, told his minions that if Bush want's war he will have total war, and that because the American people voted for Bush they cannot be spared war. People in both buildings fear that Osama is telling his followers that he wants the time and space between attacks to shorten, and that attacks should speed up and occur in many places, one after another.

Several comments were made about the cable news stations refusing on their own authority to air the entire Osama messages. Some believe the entire messages should be aired so listerners around the world might detect words or references that could lead to finding Osama or one or more of his cells. Others are pitching the old line that Osama's tapes read like a DaVinci Code, laden with subliminal instructions. Hogwash! One refreshing POV expressed the public might want to sue the news station that refused to allow the public to prepare for an attack in their area. This same voice suggested that Rummy should direct Gonzo to sue the cable stations for charging viewers to watch the tax-funded "Pentagon Channel". She said, "We can't even get our own words out over our own cable channel because the greedy bastards who run the (cable) networks are charging customers to view a product that we give them for free! I thought that the primary reason why we set up the PC was to get our full sentences without the commercial and media filter chopping them up or slicing them out."

Bush is holding an NSC meeting to deal with the tape... problem is... it's the same old faces sitting at the table... none of which are any smarter or wiser than they were on 10 Sep 2001.
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Thank you for embargoing the Osama and Rice stuff. We anticipated the tape to be released on Friday, as I promised you Sunday last that week would be significant, but because the tape arrival was leaked every clown reporter in town was staking out Al-Jezeera and preventing the courier from making her scheduled delivery.

As I noted Sunday last we take this tape very seriously. It would appear that Mr. Bin Laden's last offer of a truce was met with derision from CINC Bush so now Mr. Bin Laden will take his gloves off.

As I mentioned, the Iraqi military we are training and trusting is socked through and through with Al-Queda. Sure, they go through the motions for the small ops, but now that Mr. Bin Laden has declared all-out war we can expect his plants in our Coalition ranks will cause terrible discomfort for us.

You may also remove the embargo on Miss Rice's visit, wherein she interviewed and approved the committee's selection for PM. It will be disclosed this week that she ordered the govt here to withhold the announcement of her candidate for at least 72 hours after she had returned to DC and Mr. Straw back in London so that the selection would not appear as though they made the choice, much less knew who the chosen would be.

[Ghost Dog]

21. Reuters: at least twenty-two dead and 150 wounded ... security official

Latest story & click-map here: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&sto

(Will no doubt be updated again... Watch front page).

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[Sparkly]

24. Blasts Kill 23 in Egyptian Resort City

(Apologies if this was posted...)

Blasts Kill 23 in Egyptian Resort City

By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer 32 minutes ago

CAIRO, Egypt - Three nearly simultaneous bombings hit an Egyptian beach resort popular with foreigners Monday at the height of the tourist season, killing at least 23 people a day after
Osama bin Laden issued a taped warning against Westerners.

The bombers struck the Sinai seaside city of Dahab in the early evening along a crowded promenade of shops, restaurants and bars. Interior Minister Habib el-Adly said those killed included 20 Egyptians and three foreigners. Sixty-two people were wounded.

The explosions — the third terror strike on a Sinai resort in less than two years — hit Dahab at 7:15 p.m. when the streets were jammed with tourists strolling, shopping or looking for a restaurant or bar for evening festivities by the tranquil waters of the Gulf of Aqaba.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/egypt_resort_blasts;_ylt=AqmjpndLCCr6O9NpSe0lexqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

[truthisfreedom]

25. how tragic.