[Foundation-l] Wikimania and the Muhammad pix

[Dan Rosenthal]

Don't move the goalposts. You said the Egyptian government protects  
tourists, and I showed you that they don't (and in some cases do the  
killing.) You said they weren't targeted attacks and I showed you that  
they were. How far do you want to move the goalposts here? The fact  
is, if someone wants to attack Wikimania, the Egyptian government not  
only cannot stop it, but may even  be complicit in it, especially  
given the current political leanings on Muhammad images by the  
Egyptian government.

-Dan
On Feb 23, 2008, at 1:46 PM, geni wrote:

> On 23/02/2008, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>
>
> And how many places in Egypt are frequented by isrealis? Doesn't
> narrow the target list very much does it?
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> geni
>
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