Posted on 07/24/2005 1:54:25 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Cairo - An explosive detonated as it was being carried by a man several kilometres from a tourist bazaar next to the Pyramids of Giza on Sunday, police said. The man was severely injured, but the blast caused no other casualties.
The incident came amid heightened fears of attacks on tourists in Egypt after Saturday's string of simultaneous bombings in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, 400 kilometres east of the capital. Security was hiked up in many parts of Cairo, including around the Pyramids.
Investigators were trying to determine whether the man, identified as Sami Gamal Ahmad, 33, was taking the explosive to the nearby tourist area of Kerdassa, a bazaar of souvenir shops near the Pyramids, a senior security official involved in the investigation said.
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He exploded several kilometers (over a mile) from his target and a witness reported he shouted 'Ollie Blackmar' immediately before the explosion. No soup for this moron. Next!
This report smells as bad as the old canard about ex-slaves stealing chains.
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