Stolen Egypt explosives cause terror fears
CAIRO, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- An Egyptian newspaper reported Wednesday a ton of explosives stolen from the warehouses of a foreign oil company might be used in terrorist attacks.
The daily al-Ahali, mouthpiece of the opposition Leftist Tajamoo' Party, quoted a security source as saying 1,062 pieces of explosives, which could be detonate by remote control, disappeared from the stores of the petroleum company in the coastal city of Marsa Matrouh, northeast of Cairo.
The paper said police started an investigation into the incident and detained 1,000 people, including employees and guards at the company as well as residents of Marsa Matrouh.
The theft triggered fears the explosives could be used in terrorist attacks against Western interests in Egypt.
But police sources say they think the thieves might sell the explosives to fisherman who Illegally use them to kill fish on a large scale.
Egypt was plagued by terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of 1,200 police and Muslim militants seeking to topple the regime in the 1980s and 1990s.
The last such terrorist attack was perpetrated by the Islamic Jamaa' (gathering) in October 1997, killing 60 Western tourists in the ancient city of Luxor in southern Egypt.
Very interesting!
August 7 is the anniversary of the Embassy bombings in Africa. Another date to watch.