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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4501263.stm

[q]A bomb blast and gun attack in popular tourist areas of the Egyptian capital Cairo have left two people dead and at least 10 injured, including foreigners.

The interior ministry said a wanted militant who was being pursued by police had detonated explosives in the city centre, killing himself.

In a separate attack, two women opened fire on a tourist bus in a historic part of the city. [/q]
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Two women... That's an unusal twist... :wtf:
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****ing insane, they are attacking their own people now... the swedish newspapers are reporting that al-qaida terrorists are threathing to attack here in sweden too,  beacuse of some priest talked about prophet Mohammed and called him a deranged pedofile... i am a  musilm from bosnia and this is just too mutch...
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A priest called someone a deranged pedo? Heh, irony.
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Two women... That's an unusal twist... :wtf:


Yeah, usually it's just one. :rolleyes:

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****ing insane, they are attacking their own people now...


Not really... the injured are mostly non-Egyptian: an Israeli couple, an Italian woman, a Swedish guy, and 3 Egyptians. Cairo may be a popular tourist location, but to get that kind of ratio would mean that the out-of-towners were the target IMO.
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Yeah, usually it's just one. :rolleyes:


We don't hear about women committing attacks very often. That's what I meant. If you wanna be a smartass about it, fine.
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****ing insane, they are attacking their own people now... the swedish newspapers are reporting that al-qaida terrorists are threathing to attack here in sweden too,  beacuse of some priest talked about prophet Mohammed and called him a deranged pedofile... i am a  musilm from bosnia and this is just too mutch...


I don't think these guys have 'their own people' beyond the select group of loonies that subscribe to their narrow, bigoted world view.

NB: worth noting that attacking foreign tourists is still an attack upon Egypt as a whole; as the beeb report points out, it hurts the Egyptian economy.

 

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Late 90's Islamic Fundamentalism (in all it's forms) essentially stated that anyone who wasn't following the highly orthodox form of Islam that group stood for was an enemy. They even ended up attacking each other on the same basis.

It's not new.
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We don't hear about women committing attacks very often. That's what I meant. If you wanna be a smartass about it, fine.


It's not as common as men, true, but it's gone beyond the phase of "What?!??! A female suicide bomber??!?!!!??" a long time ago. Not common, not uncommon.

And yes, I was being a smartass. You got a problem with that? ;)
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Two women... That's an unusal twist... :wtf:


I'm with Sandwich...I'm not too surprised.
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Being a murderous bastard is not limited to race, gender, colour or creed. It just seems everyone is out to prove they can be bigger murderous bastards than anyone else.

 

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I think 'dick' is more International, but you made a concise point..
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