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Post by belfastdon on Jul 22, 2005 18:33:29 GMT -5
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Post by DixonHill on Jul 22, 2005 19:24:55 GMT -5
sigh.
never stops does it?
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Post by Wireless on Jul 22, 2005 22:03:34 GMT -5
Dozens killed in Egyptian blasts At least 45 people have been killed and more than 130 wounded in a string of explosions in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, police said. The first explosion took place in the Old Market area, popular with tourists. Other blasts followed in the nearby area of Naama Bay, which is packed with hotels. Witnesses said a four-star hotel was heavily damaged. Britons, Dutch, Qataris, Kuwaitis and Egyptians were among the casualties, police sources said. Police sources said initial reports suggested there had been at least four and possibly seven car bombs. The first blast, which took place shortly after 0100 local time (2200 GMT), shook windows some distance away, and smoke was seen rising over the area, residents said. 'Eerie calm' The Naama Bay explosions followed about 15 minutes later, close to the Ghazala Gardens and Moevenpick hotels. One witness, Fabio Besone, who was at the nearby Hard Rock Cafe, said there were scenes of panic, with people running to get away. "There was shrapnel everywhere, the front of the hotel had been completely blown away, a couple of bodies lying down on the front of the road - I have no idea if they were alive or severely injured," he told the BBC. Samantha Hardcastle, a British tourist, was having a drink on the terrace of the Naama Bay Hotel with her husband when they heard a loud explosion, followed by a second one a few minutes later. "There's just an eerie sense of calm at the moment," she said. "Just horrific, I've never been so scared in the whole of my life." The Sharm el-Sheikh area is popular with tourists from Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Europe. Last October, 34 people died in car and truck bombs at Red Sea resorts on the eastern coast of the Sinai Peninsula. Are you in the Sharm el-Sheikh area? Did you witness the explosions? Email your accounts. Story from BBC NEWS: news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/4709491.stm
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Post by giggergrl on Jul 22, 2005 22:18:52 GMT -5
saddens me... they have repeated problems there. percentage wise it is OK to travel, but in actuality it just aint cool anymore to travel outside of western world ? that is what the experts say...I;ll stick with europe.. Tam
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Post by giggergrl on Jul 22, 2005 22:36:59 GMT -5
shit... it is on the BBC. yeah tis vacation season, esp.ly for the isrealis ? fuck, no holidays for me there. Tam God Bless..
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Post by Dominic on Jul 23, 2005 5:09:15 GMT -5
65 dead last report
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