3 Arrested in Egyptian Resort Bombings

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060425/ap_on_re_mi_ea/egypt_resort_attacks

Police arrested three people Tuesday in the triple bomb attack that ripped apart a Sinai beach resort promenade at the height of Egypt's tourist season, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 60, many of them foreigners.

The arrests took place near the scene of Monday's bloody attack in the town of Dahab, but police did not immediately provide any further information, including whether the suspects were locals, or had connections with international terror groups.

The nearly simultaneous blasts were so powerful they blew out storefronts along the crowded promenade of shops, restaurants and bars and sent body parts flying into the nearby Gulf of Aqaba. Hours after the bombings, shards of glass lay in piles along with white tiles stained with bloody footprints.

The explosions came a day after Osama bin Laden issued a call to arms to Muslims to support al-Qaida in fighting what he calls a war against Islam. It was also the third terror strike on a Sinai resort in less than two years to coincide with a national holiday in Egypt.

[LuckyLib]

1. I'd be real skeptical of any "arrests" this early. The Egyptians

are fried at the attach on tourism, they practice detention and torture willy-nilly, and they will want to get this "cleared up" ASAP. Can't imagine they located the actual suspects within 24 hours.

[Roon]

2. Egypt arrests 3 in resort bombings

DAHAB, Egypt - Police arrested three people Tuesday in the triple bomb attack that ripped apart a Sinai beach resort promenade at the height of Egypt’s tourist season, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 60, many of them foreigners.

The arrests took place near the scene of Monday’s bloody attack in the town of Dahab, but police did not immediately provide any further information, including whether the suspects were locals, or had connections with international terror groups.

The nearly simultaneous blasts were so powerful they blew out storefronts along the crowded promenade of shops, restaurants and bars and sent body parts flying into the nearby Gulf of Aqaba. Hours after the bombings, shards of glass lay in piles along with white tiles stained with bloody footprints.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12475961/

[cantstandbush]

3. They have to arrest someone because of tourist industry. n/t

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4. kick

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