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2014-02-19 | ||||
CAIRO -- A The Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
"We recommend tourists to get out safely before the expiry of the deadline," read the tweet, written in English, which Egypt's prime minister said on Tuesday aimed to undermine the political process begun after an army takeover in July. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has said that it does not post statements on social media sites, but statements that appeared on the Twitter account in the past have afterwards surfaced on jihadist websites which the Islamist State television quoted Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi as saying Ansar was a threat to tourists. It aimed, he said, to derail the roadmap to elections unveiled by the army when Mursi's fall provoked the bloodiest internal crisis in Egypt's modern history. Ansar has said it was behind Sunday's On Monday, Germany's foreign ministry changed its travel advice, telling travellers to be cautious about going to Egypt. It specifically discouraged travel to the Nile Delta outside the urban centers of Cairo and Alexandria and to the Nile Valley south of Cairo to north of Luxor. Tourism was a major employer and accounted for more than 10 percent of gross domestic product before the revolt. Visitors are again sharply down since army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi deposed Mursi, Mubarak's successor.
Ansar enjoys tacit support from at least some of the marginalized Bedouin community and smugglers in the Sinai. This has enabled them to survive several army offensives in the largely lawless peninsula. "Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis poses the most formidable In one of the boldest The "This statement, if genuine, would add tourism quite explicitly to the target set already outlined by Ansar, which includes security forces and economic interests of the state and the army," said Anna Boyd, an analyst at London-based IHS Jane's. An army source told Reuters that the latest attacks were a reaction to a military offensive which was hurting militants. "They are breathing their last breath," he said. | ||||
Posted by:Steve White |
#4 Maybe Obama can bail them out. He's such a nice guy. The current Egyptian regime overthrew the Muslim Brotherhood, which did not make the White House happy. Mr. Obama would hardly be inclined to bail them out. But you knew that, of course. Right, Hemingway? I mean, a well-read individual such as yourself... if one considers Weekly World News and World Net Daily "reading," that is. |
Posted by: Pappy 2014-02-19 18:17 |
#3 No need to warn me twice. Mrs. Uluque and I will take our vacation elsewhere. |
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-02-19 11:35 |
#2 Visit Beautiful Egypt, Somalia, and Yemen on a package tour. Your return trip is in various packages |
Posted by: Frank G 2014-02-19 07:45 |
#1 What is the dollar amount that Tourism contributes to the Egyptian Economy? Maybe Obama can bail them out. He's such a nice guy. ( al long as it's not his money, of course.) Obama has lots of "Free money" to pass out...just ask him. |
Posted by: Spereting Tingle4064 2014-02-19 07:38 |