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To: SunkenCiv
I have been to Egypt twice and it IS amazing but I won't be taking my family anytime soon. I never felt threatened in the 90’s but, now? No thanks!
18 posted on 05/27/2011 4:15:19 AM PDT by outofsalt ("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")
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To: outofsalt

In 1997, Islamofascists murdered at least 57 tourists at or near the Luxor temple. I’m glad you made it in one piece. I’ve never been there, but would love to go. First I’d like to be sure that there will be no recurrence of such attacks; second, I’d like to be sure that my tour guide wasn’t Zahi “Zowie” Hawass.

Al-Gamaa al-Islamiya, a terrorist group which will probably have at least some power in Egypt in the near future, carried out the mass murder. According to the BBC, “several people were arrested for the attack but none stood trial.”

It may be a good time to post this blast from the past.


35 posted on 05/27/2011 4:25:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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