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	2004 Sinai bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2004 Sinai bombings were three bomb attacks targeting tourist hotels in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, on October 7, 2004.
		Beginning in March 2004, the bombers used washing machine timers, mobile phones and modified gas cylinders to build the bombs.
		They used TNT and old explosives found in the Sinai (as it was many times a war zone), which were purchased from Bedouins, to complete the bombs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Sinai_bombings (471 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Sinai Peninsula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Its land borders are the Suez Canal to the west and the Israel–Egypt border to the north-east.
		For geopolitical purposes, the Sinai is often considered part of Africa (as the rest of Egypt is).
		In 1948, Egyptian forces passed through Sinai on their way to invade the newly-created state of Israel based on a United Nations mandate dividing the land between the Jews and the Christian and Muslim inhabitants.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Sinai_Peninsula (985 words)

	2006 Dahab bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dahab Bombings of 24 April 2006 were what appears to have been a terrorist attack on the Egyptian resort city of Dahab.
		The governor of South Sinai reported that the blasts might have been a suicide attack, but later Habib Adly, the interior minister of Egypt said that the devices were nail bombs set off by timers.
		These explosions followed other bombings elsewhere in the Sinai Peninsula in previous years: in Sharm el-Sheikh on 23 July 2005 and in Taba on 6 October 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2006_Dahab_bombings (314 words)

	Sinai Bombings Mark Latest in Pattern of Symbolic Attacks in Egypt
		The Bedouins of the Sinai Peninsula are underserved and largely marginalized from the rest of Egyptian society and have reaped little benefit from the region's tourist industry over the years.
		The latest bombings were followed by twin suicide attacks targeting members of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) peacekeeping mission near the MFO base in the town of al-Gura, approximately 15 miles west of Gaza.
		The October 7, 2004 attacks in Taba that targeted Israeli tourists staying at the Hilton Hotel and Ras al-Shaitan campgrounds occurred during the period marking the October 1973 War, also referred to as the Ramadan War by Arabs or Yom Kippur War by Israelis.
	www.jamestown.org /terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369980 (964 words)

	In wake of Dahab blasts, North Sinai residents fear arrest campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Because investigations of previous Sinai bombings — in Taba in October 2004 and in Sharm el-Sheikh in July 2005 — focused on the Northern Sinai region, residents and local human rights organisations are bracing for fresh investigations in the area.
		In mid-October 2004, days after a car bomb blew a hole in the Taba Hilton hotel on the Egyptian-Israeli border, which runs along the peninsula’s north-eastern edge, the SSI began a sweeping campaign of random arrests in the area.
		Sinai is held to be a crossroads for drug smuggling, and many Sinai Bedouin have family ties that extent into neighboring countries, which the government believes diminishes their loyalty to Egypt.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=53147 (1016 words)

	Counterterrorism WatchUpdates on Major Bombing Cases - AJC
		Sinai resorts bombings (October 2004): Egyptian authorities in March 2005 charged three Egyptians in connection with the bombings of Sinai tourist resorts that killed thirty-four people.
		Moroccan-born Ouazzani was arrested in December 2004 on suspicion of involvement in a failed plot to bomb the National Court headquarters in Madrid.
		Sinai Resort Bombings/Egypt: The trial of three Egyptians suspected of involvement in the October 2004 Sinai resort bombings opened in Ismailiya in July 2005.
	www.ajc.org /site/c.ijITI2PHKoG/b.1074853/k.AAFF/ICounterterrorism_WatchIBRUpdates_on_Major_Bombing_Cases.htm (2463 words)

	EGYPT: Sinai Bombings Could Become a Trend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Hoteliers, especially in Sinai, are bracing for a fallout.
		In October 2004, the resort towns of Taba and Nuweiba in the Sinai peninsula were similarly hit by a string of explosions that killed at least 30 people.
		An interior ministry official told IPS that the perpetrators of the two Apr. 26 bombings probably did not belong to an organised terrorist cell, given the relatively small scale of their attacks.
	www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=33049 (942 words)

	Egypt Arrests 30 In Triple Bombings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		All three Sinai bombings were timed to Egyptian national holidays when resorts were especially crowded with local tourists as well as foreigners who flock to the seaside towns, the world-renowned beaches and extraordinary reefs.
		Taba and Ras Shitan in the northern Sinai near the Israeli border were hit and 34 killed in October 2004, a day before the holiday marking the start of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
		Egypt's Sinai resorts are a tempting and virtually made-to-order target for Islamic militants who were jailed by Mubarak or fled to safer territory and became even more radical - witness Egyptian physician Ayman al-Zawheri's migration to Afghanistan and the No. 2 place in al-Qaida.
	www.tbo.com /news/nationworld/MGBIM8I2HME.html (710 words)

	Egypt as a New Front of al-Qaeda
		At the time, the October 2004 Sinai attacks were presented as the first of several forthcoming attacks in Egypt, as part of a clear strategy approved by the mujahideen in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Egypt.
		It is interesting to note that immediately after the first attack in October 2004 the Bedouin participants were considered to be more part of a logistical support network, due to their smuggling abilities in the mountainous desert of Sinai and terrorist activity was considered to be counter-productive to the economic interests of the community.
		At this stage of the Egyptian investigation in the April 2006 and past Sinai bombings and the parsimonious bits of information provided by the authorities, it is difficult to have a clear idea concerning the al-Qaeda presence in the country.
	www.ict.org.il /articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=565 (4063 words)

	Egypt police kill 'mastermind' of Sinai bombings
		The bombings, which also left some 90 people wounded, were followed two days later by two failed suicide attacks targeting security personnel further north in the peninsula.
		At least 34 people were also killed in bombings in and around the resort of Taba further up the Red Sea coast near the Israeli border in October 2004.
		The Islamist group had claimed the Sharm el-Sheikh bombing, saying that the attacks were revenge for the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=122640 (573 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Opinion \| Israel rampant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Israeli efforts in this regard have been greatly facilitated by the Sinai bombings, the first operation that has allowed a link to be made between international terrorist networks and the Palestinians, and the first time international terrorist operations have been mounted around the borders of Palestine.
		The Sinai bombings offer Sharon an historic opportunity to promote tighter security coordination in the region and provide a justification for linking security coordination with economic and political interests.
		It would be impossible to misconstrue the reaction of Egyptian public opinion to the Sinai operations and, in spite of the Egyptian government's attempts to play down the magnitude and causes of the bombings in order to prevent panic in the tourist industry, you can be sure that it is taking the matter very seriously.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2004/713/op14.htm (1699 words)

	USATODAY.com - Egypt arrests alleged Sinai bombers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The ministry said the three cars used in the bombings were stolen and the explosives were salvaged from the remains of fighting in the Sinai, which has been a World War II battlefield as well as an area fought over by Egyptians and Israelis.
		The car bombs, according to the statement, were built using spare parts from washing machines and other equipment.
		The Interior Ministry statement said the Egyptian suspects were residents of the Sinai, territory Israel had captured from Egypt in the 1967 Mideast war and returned in 1982 under terms of the first Israeli-Arab peace treaty.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-10-25-egypt-terror-arrests_x.htm (753 words)

	At least 19 killed in Sinai bombings - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
		This is the exodus from Egypt in 2004."
		Mustafa Afiffi, the governor of the southern Sinai Peninsula, said there were 105 casualties in the Taba attack, but could not disclose the condition of the victims.
		Israel captured the Sinai Desert from Egypt in the 1967 Six Day War and returned it in 1982 under terms of a peace treaty - except for Taba, a tiny parcel of land on the Red Sea shore next to Eilat.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=24130 (2929 words)

	Al-Qaeda Suspected in Sinai and Paris Bombings
		Investigators probing the Taba bombing say that the vehicle used to carry out the attacks, in all probability a truck, was laden with a huge quantity of explosives.
		It is still not clear whether the bomb was detonated by remote control, or whether a suicide bomber drove it into the hotel.
		Ten people were injured yesterday when a parcel bomb exploded outside the Indonesian embassy in Paris, the first such attack in the French capital for nearly a decade.
	www.truthout.org /docs_04/printer_101004C.shtml (1397 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		At least 38 people, mostly Israeli tourists, were confirmed dead after a series of bomb attacks rocked the Hilton hotel in the Red Sea resort of Taba and another attack at a backpacker resort in Nuweiba, further south.
		Abdel-Fattah said the booby-trapped vehicles used in the bombings do not carry the trademark of terrorist groups who usually resort to suicide bombers instead.
		"Sinai bombings carry the trademark of careful planning which means those involved had a hand-on experience on the area, which is already under tight security."
	www.islam-online.net /English/News/2004-10/09/article02.shtml (882 words)

	CNN.com - Death toll rises in Egypt tourist bombings - Oct 9, 2004
		Most were killed in the car bomb in Taba, but two Israelis died in one of two near simultaneous bombings further south.
		A senior Israeli government source said one blast was caused by a truck bomb, set off when a truck crashed through the hotel lobby, and there may have been a second attack by a suicide bomber near the hotel pool.
		The bombing in Taba marked the deadliest terrorist attack on an Israeli target outside of Israel.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/10/09/egypt.explosions (854 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Middle East \| Egypt militants target tourists
		The bombings in Dahab are the latest in a series of attacks in the past two years by Islamic militants on tourist targets in the Sinai peninsula in Egypt.
		In October, 2004, the Red Sea resorts of Taba and Ras Shitan were bombed.
		The 2004 attacks were soon followed in April 2005 by several attacks in Cairo.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/4940924.stm (267 words)

	LancasterOnline.com: Egypt Bombings Linked to Earlier Attacks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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.
		The Sinai is about the size of West Virginia, and is home to the mountain where the Bible says Moses received the Ten Commandments.
		The strike on the multinational force in Sinai was the second in less than a year.
	ap.lancasteronline.com /4/egypt_sinai_blast (972 words)

	albawaba.com middle east news information::Egypt: Recovery expected following Sinai bombings; No foreseeable change in ...
		Despite the possible short-term negative implications of the recent Sinai bombings on tourist arrivals and current account flows, there is a strong argument for a milder-than-expected impact, according to EFG-Hermes.
		Data and anecdotal evidence suggests that the South Sinai resorts were witnessing a strong recovery in terms of tourist arrivals and occupancy rates during March and April 2006, following a slump caused by the Sharm El Sheikh attacks of July 2005.
		In the two incidents of Taba in October 2004 and Sharm El Sheikh in July 2005, both the impact and the recovery period shrank significantly in a sign of growing resilience,” said Hany Genena, Senior Economist at EFG-Hermes.
	www.menareport.com /en/business/198084 (411 words)

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		Despite early speculation that the Sinai bombings were the work of one of the Palestinian Islamist groups, this appears unlikely in the extreme.
		While it is not clear whether the explosions at Ras al-Shaitan were caused by a suicide bomber or a car bomb, it is clear that the Hilton bombing used at least one vehicle packed with a large quantity of explosives.
		It would be no difficult matter to transport the quantity of explosives needed for the resort attacks through the trackless wastes of the Sinai desert along the traditional well-established smuggler's routes.
	www.ict.org.il /spotlight/comment.cfm?id=1022 (530 words)

	Report on Human Rights Practices for 2005 - Egypt
		In January 2004, the public prosecutor indicted police major Yasser Ibrahim El-Akkad, head of the criminal investigations unit at Haram Police Station in metropolitan Cairo, for torturing actress Habiba while investigating the 1999 killing of her husband.
		Remedial actions cited by the government in 2004 include the abolition of flogging in prisons; unannounced inspections of places of detention; court decisions that disregarded confessions obtained under duress; increased human rights training for police officials; and the establishment of several human rights committees and departments within government ministries.
		In November 2004, HRAAP and EOHR had called on the government to release detainees, estimated to number as many as 3,000, whom government security forces arrested in the Sinai, mostly around the town of Al-Arish, after the October 2004 terrorist bombings in Taba and Nuweiba that killed 34 persons.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/anti-semitism/hregypt05.html (15826 words)

	Eurabian Times: Egypt: Al-Qaida not responsible for Sinai bombings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Habib el-Adly, Egypt's interior minister, instead blamed the bombings on the worsening violence in the Palestinian territories and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
		Saleh was allegedly motivated by the deteriorating situation in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip, which his relatives fled from in 1967, and launched the attack with the help of local residents of the Sinai area.
		#1 evariste at November 2, 2004 04:34 AM I am only making this comment in order to find out what time it is in the UK right now.
	www.eurabiantimes.com /archives/2004/11/egypt_alqaida_n.php (381 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: Egypt bombings: 30 men arrested (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Many frightened tourists fled Sinai coastal resorts where two previous bomb attacks — like the Dahab blasts — bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida-linked groups that appear to have a free hand to continue operations in the barren, backward and extremely rugged Sinai Peninsula.
		Security officials, who refused to be identified because they were not authorised to release the information, said the remains of three men recovered from the scene of the blasts were so badly torn apart that they could have been suicide attackers.
		Egypt’s Sinai resorts are a tempting and virtually made-to-order target for Islamic militants who were jailed by Mubarak or fled to safer territory and became even more radical- witness Egyptian physician Ayman al-Zawheri’s migration to Afghanistan and the No. 2 place in al-Qaida.
	www.breakingnews.ie /story.asp?j=77281196&p=77z8y498&n=77281576&x= (992 words)

	USATODAY.com - Sinai bombings suspect killed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Dahab blast was the third major attack on Sinai resorts in the past two years, bombings that have killed a total of 120 people.
		Israeli officials and some terror experts have said the perpetrators of the Sinai bombings — including the October 2004 bombings in Taba and Ras Shitan and the July 2005 attack in Sharm el-Sheik — were linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network.
		But it is not known to what extent the perpetrators of the Sinai attacks are in contact with al-Qaeda's leadership or receive funding, training or weapons from the terror network.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-05-09-egypt-sinai_x.htm?ord=14 (705 words)

	Guardian \| Al-Qaida suspected of Sinai bombings
		Varying reports put the death toll from the suicide and vehicle bombings at three Red Sea resorts at between 25 and 31 people.
		Later, there were two smaller blasts that killed at least four people when Toyota pickup trucks loaded with bombs struck a beach hut and campsites in Sinai.
		Tensions remained high in Gaza today, with reports stating that a sniper - said to be from a Palestinian town - had killed a Palestinian farm worker at a Jewish settlement.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5034700-103552,00.html (852 words)

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