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| 300 rescued after Red Sea ferry sinks |
| 2006-02-04 |
 Thousands of Egyptians have crowded around the entrance to Safaga port, weeping and shouting in anger as they await news of relatives missing on a ferry that sank in the Red Sea. Search and rescue teams have found 300 survivors and at least 185 bodies so far after the ship sank during a crossing from the Saudi port of Duba to Safaga, 600 kilometres south-east of Cairo. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Egyptian officials initially turned down a British offer to divert a warship to the scene and a U.S. offer to send a naval patrol aircraft to the area. Then Egypt reversed itself and asked for both. Egypt also refused offers of search and rescue assistance from the Israeli navy. Four Egyptian rescue ships took about 10 hours to reach the area where the ship went down. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-02-04 15:57 |
| #2 If the original ship had been built in a muslim country, the "Inshallah" rule would apply. I suspect, however, that because the ship was built in Italy that a cry of infidel meddling will arise. ("italian joos musta built the ship") islamic modifications that rendered the ship unseaworthy, notwithstanding 'cause the ship was already cursed?. All the ducks in a row. |
| Posted by: Hupomoger Clans9827 2006-02-04 12:19 |
| #1 egyptian man on sky news said it was all a 'curse on the ship'. well i guess we all know who put that curse on it eh and somewhere in it it will all be our fault. |
| Posted by: Shep UK 2006-02-04 06:02 |