An Egyptian state security court sentenced 10 men to between five years and life in prison on Thursday for their role in explosions at tourist resorts on the Sinai coast that killed more than 100 people. The court in the Suez Canal town of Ismailia also confirmed death sentences against three men convicted of organising the three attacks between October 2004 and April 2006. The confirmation was a formality after the mufti of Egypt, the government-appointed interpreter of Islamic law, gave his approval to the death sentences. The 10 defendants faced charges of murder, attempted murder, belonging to a terrorist group, possession of explosives and weapons, damaging public property and sheltering criminals. They had pleaded not guilty. After a judge read the verdicts on Thursday they shouted slogans denouncing the United States and Israel, whom they blamed for the bombings. The prosecution said the bombers were part of a Sinai group called One God and Jihad.| That'd be "Tawhid (Monotheism) and Jihad," naturally. |