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A SUMMARY OF THE LATEST PRESS COVERAGE OF THE TABA TERROR BLASTS --
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LATEST
TABA COVERAGE
Waiting
for answers
The most important
questions being asked now are "Who did it?" & "What
happens next?"
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Our
September 11?
Two days after the fact,
there has been lots of news, but still very little clarity regarding
the who and why of the Taba terror attacks...
--The LA Times says, "The
bombings instantly
propelled Egypt, which had managed to avoid the recent upheavals
of its neighbors, into a post-Sept. 11 reality of spiraling regional
bloodshed and instability..." The story includes very interesting
analysis by Al-Ahram's Diaa Rashwan about how the attacks will affect
developments in Gaza, as well as the emergency law debate at home.
--While there has been lots of international
condemnation of the blasts, an interesting dynamic emerged from
Iran, which actually condemned
the international condemnation... "How come there is no noise
about the shedding of Palestinian blood but a retaliatory act is
expected to be condemned so much?" Rafsanjani asked during the
weekly Muslim prayers in Tehran. "In Taba some angry people blew
up a place they believed Israelis were staying. It is not known yet
who has taken revenge ... and now all countries are lining up to
condemn it in the media."
--The good news is that
European- and Gulf-based tour operators look to be emerging unscathed
from the incident, predicting no effect on their business since the
bombings clearly only targeted Israelis in Taba, and not tourism
in general. Egyptian commentators, meanwhile, like Basata's Sherif
El-Ghamrawy and El-Masry El-Youm's Hisham Kassem, are predicting dire
consequences for the tour industry in this Pittsburgh based
report. But according to the BBC, even though Taba is popular
among British tourists, they are realistic
about the possibility of terror everywhere.
-- While
the latest AP report looks at Israeli claims that Al-Qaeda did it,
Egyptian authorities are being more
cautious about laying blame, and stepping up security
everywhere... ABC reports that three
previously unknown groups claimed responsibility for the attack. BBC analyzes...
and Egypt, meanwhile, says it has 13 suspects under surveillance
-- most are Sinai residents or regular visitors to the peninsula.
Al-Ahram also makes it clear in
its front page banner that Egypt is in charge of the investigations,
and that Israel is just helping with the rescue efforts..
-- Meanwhile, rescue
efforts to find the over 30 people still missing continue... Of
the 232
Russians who were staying at the Taba Hilton, one died and 8 were
injured, says this Russian report. A lucky New Zealander who survived
tells the press his story. Other eyewitnesses
talk to the BBC. Plus, CNN's take,
and an impressionistic
piece by the Washington Post's Jerusalem correspondent who used to
stay at the Hilton Taba a lot... The Post also provides a photo
gallery.
Web posted by
Tarek Atia Saturday, October 9, 2004 14:30 CAIRO
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