{"id":976,"date":"2005-07-23T00:13:27","date_gmt":"2005-07-23T05:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=976"},"modified":"2005-07-23T00:14:02","modified_gmt":"2005-07-23T05:14:02","slug":"egypt-beirut-making-london-look-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=976","title":{"rendered":"Egypt, Beirut: Making London Look Safer"},"content":{"rendered":"

More terror as bombers strike in Lebanon and wreak havoc in an Egyptian resort. Hey, can’t let the Islamists in England grab all<\/em> the headlines.
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\nBeirut blast wounds 12 in busy street<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A bomb exploded near a popular street in Beirut on Friday, wounding 12 people, destroying cars and spraying shards of glass inside crowded restaurants hours after a brief visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.<\/p>\n

The blast in a Christian neighbourhood of Beirut was the latest to hit Lebanon and came three days after a new government was formed, the first since Syrian forces withdrew in April.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Fouad al-Siniora condemned the bombing as he visited the site near Rue Monot, an area known for its nightlife, saying it was “aimed at destabilising Lebanon and shaking the confidence in the new government.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Blasts in Egypt Kill at Least 49 at Sinai Resort<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

At least 49 people were killed in a series of powerful explosions early Saturday in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, according to Egyptian state television and wire service reports.<\/p>\n

More than 100 people were wounded in the blasts, apparently caused by car bombs at hotels and a market that catered mostly to European and Arab tourists, the television said. Fire and smoke rose in Sharm el Sheik and nearby Naama Bay, which also has a strip of beach hotels.<\/p>\n

The Egyptian authorities said many of the wounded had severe injuries, and the death toll was expected to rise. Reuters, citing the police, put the death toll at 49.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s bombings appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Egypt since a 1997 assault in Luxor, on the Nile River, that killed 58 tourists.<\/p>\n

The explosions rocked the resort area shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday and all took place within a few minutes of one another, witnesses said.<\/p>\n

“I heard two blasts and got up and ran out of the hotel,” Yasmine el-Bahey, an Egyptian spending the weekend at the Kahramana Hotel, said in a telephone interview. “Everybody was running outside. Glass was shattered and there was a big cloud of black. Everybody ran to the beach. Many of them were naked.”<\/p>\n

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, and it was not clear whether the bombs were in parked cars or detonated by suicide bombers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No immediate claim of responsibility? Well, let me go out on a limb and suspect radical Islamists terrorists. After all, it will be difficult to peg this one on Timothy McVeigh or Charlie Manson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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