Posted on 04/26/2006 4:15:24 PM PDT by blam
Egypt Bombings Linked to Earlier Attacks
Wednesday April 26, 2006 11:31 PM
By WILLA THAYER
Associated Press Writer
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Two suicide attackers targeting international peacekeepers and police blew themselves up Wednesday, two days after nearly simultaneous bombings killed at least 21 people at a resort in the Sinai Peninula.
Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adly said all the blasts this week were linked to terror attacks against Sinai resorts last year and in 2004.
``The information we have indicates that (the perpetrators) are Sinai Bedouin, and the latest operations are linked to the previous attacks,'' el-Adly told state television, referring to the terror attacks in the Sinai resorts of Sharm el-Sheik last July and Taba in October 2004.
Egyptian authorities - eager not to further damage the Sinai's vital tourist trade by linking al-Qaida to the bombings - have blamed Bedouin tribesmen for past attacks. But some outside intelligence officials have said groups linked to Osama bin Laden's terror organization were the more likely suspects.
The largely impoverished peninsula, a barren expanse where Bedouin eke out a meager existence and tourists luxuriate in seaside hotels, has become fertile ground for terrorists, who have hit the Multinational Force and Observer peacekeepers twice in less than a year - both times after larger and bloodier attacks on Sinai resorts.
Wednesday's attacks were unsophisticated - one bomber was riding a bicycle - and only the militants died.
The death and destruction were far greater Monday, when three bombs shattered a peaceful holiday weekend, killing 21 people in the Dahab resort 190 miles to the south.
Authorities have rounded up dozens of suspects and are studying the dismembered remains of three men to learn if they were suicide bombers in the Dahab attacks. Three detainees were released after questioning Wednesday.
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Bedouins huh? In a pigs eye, it's not their style. It's Al Qaeda, which derives from "Egyptian Islamic Brotherhood". More likely either Nile type Egyptians, Palistinians, or Saudis.
YAWN!
The whole suicide bombing thing is becoming sooo yesterday! Can't they come up with something new?
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