That's not correct.
In several of those incidents the target was specifically picked for having Israelis. The Ras Burqa massacre specifically targeted israeli tourists. By the way, the killer in that case was an Egyptian policeman who machinegunned the Israelis, while other nearby policemen refused to give aid to the wounded, and stopped an israeli doctor from giving aid to the wounded at gunpoint, leaving the wounded to bleed to death. Egyptian politicians labeled the murderer a hero of the Sinai, and there were numerous demonstrations in support of the killer, and in opposition to his trial.
The Sharm el Sheikh attacks were conducted in a location that is widely considered to be an Israeli tourist destination.
The 2004 attacks against hotels were also conducted by palestinian organizations specifically targeting Israelis. The Israeli government knew of plans to conduct such an attack, and issued warnings, which went unheeded.
On Feb 23, 2008, at 1:29 PM, geni wrote:
On 23/02/2008, Dan Rosenthal swatjester@gmail.com wrote:
The egyptian government isn't going to allow tourists to get killed by anyone? I assume then, you're ignoring the several terrorist incidents involving murders of tourists, in recent years.
The difference being there was no reason to think those places might be a target more than any other tourist point. If there really is a special threat to wikimania the Egyptian government will take special steps to protect it (ie even more men with guns).
-- geni
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