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Bomb hits tourist bus in Egypt near Giza Pyramids
NY Post ^ | 05/19/2019

Posted on 05/19/2019 12:38:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A roadside bomb hit a tourist bus on Sunday near the Giza Pyramids, wounding at least 17 people including tourists, Egyptian officials said.

The officials said the bus was traveling on a road close to the under-construction Grand Egyptian Museum, which is located adjacent to the Giza Pyramids but is not yet open to tourists.

The bus was carrying at least 25 people mostly from South Africa, officials added.

Security forces cordoned off the site of the explosion and the wounded were taken to a nearby hospital, they said.

They said the explosion damaged a windshield of another car. Footage circulated online shows shattered windows of the bus.

Egypt has battled Islamic militants for years in the Sinai Peninsula in an insurgency that has occasionally spilled over to the mainland, hitting minority Christians or tourists.

The attack comes as Egypt’s vital tourism industry is showing signs of recovery after years in the doldrums because of the political turmoil and violence that followed a 2011 uprising that toppled former leader Hosni Mubarak.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Egypt; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: attack; bomb; djibouti; egypt; eritrea; gaza; giza; godsgravesglyphs; hassannasrallah; hezbollah; iran; isis; lebanon; ramadan; sinai; sudan; tourist; yemen
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1 posted on 05/19/2019 12:38:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Hey, it’s ramadamadingdong! starving, parched bearded camel humpers gotta have some fun!


2 posted on 05/19/2019 12:52:27 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Islam, not a religion, a totalitarian political ideology aiming for world domination. -Wilders)
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To: BenLurkin

Why would any Westerner vacation in a muslim country?

A huge proportion of the population just wants to kill you.


3 posted on 05/19/2019 12:54:43 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Trump 2020 - Re-Elect the M*****F***er!)
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To: BenLurkin

This is really going to hurt tourism, which Egypt depends on.


4 posted on 05/19/2019 12:57:59 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: BenLurkin

Well THAT Bucket List item just blew straight up


5 posted on 05/19/2019 12:58:59 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOTI'm WEAR THE RIBBON8)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Mostly Europeans (esp. Germans and French) and some South Africans and occasionally Australians. You will never find an American family...


6 posted on 05/19/2019 1:10:17 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: Uncle Miltie
Why would any Westerner vacation in a muslim country? _________________________________________________________ If I want to commit suicide, there are lost of quicker, cheaper, and less painful ways to do it than visiting one of those Hell holes. As far as travel costs to any one are concerned, I'd happily pay first class not to go.
7 posted on 05/19/2019 1:12:48 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: Uncle Miltie; smvoice

Egypt is fantastic - spent some time there and there’s nothing on Earth like it. 99% of the people there wonderful and like Americans a lot. And 10% are Christians.

The whole point of the terrorism is to scare people away- dam shame if you let them chase you away.

Back in ‘92 I was responsible for 64 Marines as part of a Bright Star exercise near Cairo. There had been a terror attack that killed four people in a restaurant so the army leadership shut down liberty in town. I was able to maneuver things (the deputy commander was a Marine) and I took all of my Marines to Cairo and to the pyramids.

When certain sights and events are important/maybe once in a lifetime, don’t chicken out.


8 posted on 05/19/2019 1:17:23 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

A huge proportion of the population just wants to kill you.


I really doubt that a “huge proportion” of Egyptians want to kill anyone. They want to live their lives in peace and make money off of the tourists who come to see their pre-islamic treasures. The problem with Egypt is that there are more than just a few who do want to kill you, and, if they had their way would level the pyramids and other monuments.


9 posted on 05/19/2019 1:18:19 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: BenLurkin

We were very close to booking a Nile River cruise....NOT NOW. what the HELL is wrong with these MUSLIMS??


10 posted on 05/19/2019 1:18:43 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: smvoice

Off the Bucket List...t’s now on the F@CKET List.


11 posted on 05/19/2019 1:20:25 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: BenLurkin

The u.n. needs to move over there (ALL of it) and straighten it out.


12 posted on 05/19/2019 1:23:23 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: BenLurkin

If you visit the ME for fun and you’re a westerner.…good luck to you but don’t complain if you get blowed up real good.


13 posted on 05/19/2019 1:33:20 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: BenLurkin

Don’t tell me it was the Amish!


14 posted on 05/19/2019 1:53:52 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: BenLurkin

Have they announced it had nothing to do with Islam yet?


15 posted on 05/19/2019 2:08:19 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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To: BenLurkin

I visited Israel and Jordan in 1996 and there was an option to do Egypt. Our tour group had 15 of us and 9 took the Egypt option. I didn’t go as I was going to do 2 months in Europe on a Eurailpass. After I got back those who had went to Egypt said it wasn’t worth the extra money. They didn’t have as good a time as in Jordan and Israel. IIRC there had already been deadly attacks on tourists at that time. Not that Israel and Jordan were terror free but I did feel ok safety wise while there.


16 posted on 05/19/2019 2:15:47 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Chainmail; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Well said, Chainmail.

17 posted on 05/19/2019 2:55:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Chainmail

We always wanted to go until we saw the Egyptians celebrating the wtc attack. Now could care less about that country. My 2 cents


18 posted on 05/19/2019 3:10:30 PM PDT by italianquaker
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To: Chainmail

https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/articles/opinion-polls.aspx


19 posted on 05/19/2019 3:19:02 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Trump 2020 - Re-Elect the M*****F***er!)
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To: Chainmail

“World Public Opinion: 83% of Egyptians approve of attacks on American troops.”

Cited per above link.


20 posted on 05/19/2019 3:21:35 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Trump 2020 - Re-Elect the M*****F***er!)
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