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  April 2005 terrorist attacks in Cairo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The April 2005 attacks were three related incidents that took place in the city of Cairo, Egypt, on 7 April and 30 April 2005.
Ehab Yousri Yassin, an Egyptian man suspected of involvement in the 7 April attack was being pursued along the Sixth of October Bridge, a flyover leading into centre of Cairo from the River Nile island of Gezira.
In its statement, the latter group said the attacks were in retaliation for the government's clampdown on dissidents in the wake of the October 2004 Sinai Peninsula bombings.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/April_2005_terrorist_attacks_in_Cairo   (693 words)

  
 Talk:April 2005 terrorist attacks in Cairo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Well, when someone says terrorist attacks, I automatically think of 9/11, Embassy bombings, and the like.
In any event, not a particularly impressive terrorist cell, at least not the Saturday incidents.
But that's only the later incidents: it'd be disrespectful to refer to the Khan al-Khalili attack as "minor".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:April_2005_terrorist_attacks_in_Cairo   (250 words)

  
 The Online NewsHour: Terrorism Index
July 19, 2005 -- Padilla Case The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in the case of Jose Padilla, an alleged al-Qaida operative who is accused of being involved in a 2002 dirty bomb plot.
April 22, 2005 -- The Moussaoui Case Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the United States in connection to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, pleaded guilty Friday of plotting with al-Qaida.
April 5, 2005 -- Patriot Act Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller urged Congress to renew key provisions of the Patriot Act Tuesday during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the controversial anti-terrorism law.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/terrorism/terrorism.html   (14604 words)

  
 Terrorism Unveiled: April 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Terrorists in Iraq are losing because the civilian population no longer accepts them as a resistance force and also is no longer willing to submit to their violence.
Terrorists themselves define their fight as a “war” and themselves as “warriors.” When one ideology attempts to impose itself on every individual and instruments zero tolerance, an act of war occurs.
Zarqawi's group claimed it was behind the attacks, which were a miserable failure if judged by the terms of military maneuver success, but still a success if defined as a terrorist attack (any terrorist attack is a success by merit that it was pulled off to cause a spectacle).
www.terrorismunveiled.com /athena/2005/04   (10569 words)

  
 CBS News | Dozens Arrested In Cairo Bombing | April 11, 2005 17:00:03
Bashandi, who was 17 or 18 years old, apparently acted alone in the attack, the ministry said in a statement.
From the outset, government officials have said the attack was likely to be the work of either one person or a small group of individuals.
During the 1990s, Islamic insurgents often attacked tourists in a bid to cripple the tourism industry and bring down the government.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/04/08/world/printable686475.shtml   (691 words)

  
 Signs of the Times - 2005-04-30 and 2005-05-01
At the scene of the shooting attack in south Cairo, witnesses saw shattered glass, blood on the street, newspaper to soak it up, a pistol and what appeared to be a pair of fl gloves of the type worn by veiled women.
The attack occurred in the same week that Israel was being mildly chastised (for that is the extent of any rapprochement of Israeli actions these days) by Western governments for its child killing spree in Gaza.
The deadliest of Friday's attacks were multiple bombings in the small Baghdad neighborhood of Azamiyah and in the town of Madain, 12 miles southeast of the capital.
signs-of-the-times.org /signs/signs20050501.htm   (11231 words)

  
 Kinshasa On The Potomac: April 2005
On 4 March 2005, in the line of duty, a remarkable man gave his life, a senior SISMI officer who was extremely loyal to the Italian republic and a valued friend of the United States.
Terrorist activity in the Gaza Strip continues despite the ceasefire, and specifically, in the last few weeks, there has been a significant increase in terrorist attacks against Israeli communities and civilians inside and outside the Gaza Strip.
In the last three weeks, Palestinian terrorists have fired 3 Qassam rockets, 6 mortar shells and an anti-tank missile, 10 explosive devices have been uncovered and detonated, and fire was opened at Israeli communities and IDF forces in over 30 different incidents.
kotp.blogspot.com /2005_04_01_kotp_archive.html   (13138 words)

  
 Terrorism Attack Articles from AboveTopSecret.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Several other attacks were also launched by insurgents throughout Iraq in a wave of violence that has devastated the region since the approval of the first democratically elected government on Thursday.
Two terrorist attacks have shaken Cairo today as a bomb was thrown off a bridge onto a street near the Egyptian Museum killing one and injuring seven more, including four foreigners.
At least 130 others were injured outside this attack on a government office in what is believed to be a campaign against US-backed authorities, targeting anyone associated with such.
www.terroranalysis.com /topic/attacks.html   (1153 words)

  
 Cairo Country Council - Overseas Security Advisory Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Government of Egypt believes that both attacks were linked to the April 7 bombing in the Khan El Khalili bazaar that killed four individuals, including an American.
Seven people (including foreign tourists) were injured in the first attack, and all three assailants in the two attacks are reported to have died.
We understand, in a second incident, that a shooting attack may have targeted a tourist bus near the Citadel later that same afternoon.
cairo.ds-osac.org   (403 words)

  
 Northeast Intelligence Network
20 July 2005: This is the prevailing question in London and throughout the USA and the rest of the countries we consider both allies and non-allies alike.
Despite the severity of the charges and the indictments and convictions of al-Timimi’s associates, the judge in the case, Leonie Brinkema, stated that she felt the sentence was "very draconian," but added that her hands were tied by mandatory congressional sentencing guidelines.
It is a rallying cry for Islamic terrorists to assist their jihad fighters in Iraq, urging “the faithful” to carry our homicide bombings in key areas throughout Iraq.
www.homelandsecurityus.com   (2099 words)

  
 The Command Post - Global War On Terror - April 2005 Archives
An IDF source told Israel Radio that Samiri was responsible for a large number of terrorist attacks, and had been classed by the IDF as a “ticking bomb.” Israel has said that despite the mutual truce declared in February it would continue to target those Palestinians it identified as an imminent threat.
The attack came as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon prepared to meet representatives of some Gaza Strip settlements, whose members seek to be moved as a group to the Nitzanim area south of Ashkelon.
Sandia boffins want to “abolish anonymity, the terrorist’s friend, and establish a voluntary decentralized surveillance system.” This was one of a many different approaches under discussion via worksops, scenario sessions, etc. The Sandia article explains.
www.command-post.org /gwot/2_archives/2005_04.html   (7658 words)

  
 British Government List of Significant Terrorist Attacks - from TBO.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
LONDON (AP) - Britain's government has compiled a list of significant terrorist attacks since 1993 that it blames on al-Qaida or other groups linked to Osama bin Laden's terror network.
Terrorists blow themselves up when confronted by police.
- April 30, 2005, Egypt: Shooting attack on Cairo tourist bus injures eight.
ap.tbo.com /ap/breaking/MGBNKAA34BE.html   (730 words)

  
 Egypt Public Announcement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This Public Announcement is being issued to alert Americans to recent terrorist attacks in Egypt.
On April 30, there were two terrorist attacks in Cairo, one near the Egyptian Museum and the other near the Citadel.
There were also attacks on three tourist sites, including a Western-owned hotel, in the northeast Sinai in October 2004 resulting in 34 deaths.
travel.state.gov /travel/egypt_announce.html   (326 words)

  
 April 2005 Security News
Homeland Security Demands Long-Term Commitment AFPS 25 Apr 2005 -- Zacarias Moussaoui’s guilty plea last week in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and his admission that he was training for a separate, post-9/11 attack on the White House, reveal a chilling truth about al Qaeda, the new secretary of homeland security said today.
Accused Terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui to Plead Guilty VOA News 22 Apr 2005 -- Zacarias Moussaoui is the only person indicted in the United States in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York and Washington.
Colombian Terrorists Condemned for Using Gas Cylinder Bombs Washington File 18 Apr 2005 -- The use of gas cylinder bombs and other indiscriminate weapons by Colombia's largest guerrilla army shows its "flagrant disregard" for the lives of the Colombian civilian population, says Human Rights Watch, an independent nongovernmental group based in New York.
www.globalsecurity.org /security/library/news/2005/04   (3514 words)

  
 Watch - Archived news and commentary: April 4 - 10, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Attacks by Islamic separatists -- who have threatened to turn the buses into rolling coffins -- scared off some passengers but failed to derail one of the most significant and emotive steps in South Asia's unsteady peace process.
The group's numerous attacks had until now largely involved suicide bombings, car bombings and kidnappings rather than direct confrontations with U.S. forces.
If Zarqawi was behind the attack, it was unclear where or when his movement acquired the tactical expertise to directly confront U.S. Marines.
www.watch.windsofchange.net /2005/05_0404_0410.htm   (5912 words)

  
 Cairo: Attacks in the Sinai
On Friday there were terrorist attacks on a hotel and campsites in the Sinai near the Israeli border.
This means that Americans in Cairo do not have much to worry about.
I must say I was relieved to learn that we were not in danger, but I don't want to trivialize the horror of so many deaths.
cairomartha.blogspot.com /2004/10/attacks-in-sinai.html   (105 words)

  
 Jihad Watch: April 2005 Archives
CAIRO: Egyptian investigators have identified two more suspects from a deadly Cairo bombing this month and said they may be planning more attacks, a newspaper said yesterday.
But while the prosecution depicted Lakhani as an enthusiastic broker eager to supply a terrorist group, the defense said he was a victim of overzealous law enforcement in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
April 27, 2005 -- Firefighters found more than 200 vehicle airbags believed to be stolen in the back room of a Brooklyn supermarket, where newspaper clippings about Osama bin Laden and beheadings in Iraq covered the walls, authorities said.
www.jihadwatch.org /archives/2005_04.php   (16735 words)

  
 Terrorism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
EUHR Solana condemns the terrorist attacks in Beersheba, Israel (31/8/2004)
EUHR Solana condemns terrorist attack in Jerusalem (19/8/2003)
EUHR Solana condemns the attacks in Kenya (28/11/2002)
europa-eu-un.org /articles/articleslist_t54_sk.htm   (4632 words)

  
 All Headline News - 371% Increase In Global Terrorist Attacks: US Govt. Reports - July 21, 2005
All Headline News - 371% Increase In Global Terrorist Attacks: US Govt.
The records indicated the number of terror attacks was 175 in 2003.
“Many incidents that most Americans would regard as terror attacks were excluded from State Department data, because they did not meet the State Department's definition,” AP reported quoting Henry Waxman.
www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/1114681446   (300 words)

  
 U.S.-Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
Attacks in 20 countries, killing or injuring 900.
International terrorist acts in the 1970s, attacks against Israel and moderate Arab targets since 1978
As of April 2005, the U.S. State Department has designated these groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs).
www.infoplease.com /spot/terrorism6.html   (1203 words)

  
 Islam Review - Presented by The Pen vs. the Sword Featured Articles . . . Islam: the Facade, the Facts The rosy picture ...
Taliban kill 15, lose 13 in Afghan attacks
Slaying of Afghan Women Concerns U.N. May 5, 2005
Russia Foils Major Terror Plot for VE May 4, 2005
www.islamreview.com /news.htm   (184 words)

  
 Watch - Articles and opinion - April 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
"Two Killed, Eight Injured in Two Cairo Attacks" (Tom Perry and Edmund Blair, Reuters/Yahoo!
"The Autumn of the Autocrats" (Fouad Ajami, Foreign Affairs, from the May/June 2005 issue)
"A Terrorist Appeal to the Left" (Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Erick Stakelbeck, FrontPageMagazine, 2005/04/08)
www.watch.windsofchange.net /2005_04.htm   (2048 words)

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