Egypt: at least nine dead in bomb blast on road to Giza pyramids

[rooster59]

Egypt: at least nine dead in bomb blast on road to Giza pyramids




A bomb blast in a residential building in Giza, Egypt, has killed at least nine people, including six police officers.

The bomb site lies on the road to the Giza pyramids.

Security sources said Egyptian forces were conducting a raid on a militant hideout. They discovered the building was booby trapped and the device exploded during an attempt to defuse it.

At least thirteen people were wounded.

Local man Mahmoud Abu Bakr described the immediate aftermath:

“We heard the sound of an explosion and when we ran outside all we could see for around half an hour was a dense cloud of dust and fumes. After about 30 to 45 minutes, the dust cleared and we could see the damage. But none of us knows what happened.”

Egypt’s Interior Ministry says the bomb was planted by militants in the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-01-22

[tukkytuktuk]

Was it ISIS or the Muslim brotherhood? Domestic terrorism or international? Still, a sad day for Egypt, RIP innocent victims.

[arjunadawn]

It may also have been ______ or _____or _______ or ______ or... The additional object lesson here is DAESH/IS is only a symptom of the problem and defeating DAESH is reactionary only, and if identified as the problem may actually imperil the world further. The West's Whac-O-Mole strategy empowers islamic jihad.

The problem is islamic jihad.

Islamic jihad is not new. Islamic jihad has a transnational blueprint.

Terrorism is the means of this ideology. Westerns are never the first targets of islamic jihad, perceived apostates are.

The ideology is the cancer upon the world.

This attack is a force multiplier attack. This area into Giza is neither rich in military or political targets; it is a prime locale for tourist though. Attacking here is a 'gift that keeps on giving' in reduced tourism.

[manxninja]

The religion of peace at work again.

The western world needs to knock down every mosque and ban muslim preaching, it will happen its only a matter of time now. The alternative does not bear thinking about.

[craigt3365]

It may also have been ______ or _____or _______ or ______ or... The additional object lesson here is DAESH/IS is only a symptom of the problem and defeating DAESH is reactionary only, and if identified as the problem may actually imperil the world further. The West's Whac-O-Mole strategy empowers islamic jihad.

The problem is islamic jihad.

Islamic jihad is not new. Islamic jihad has a transnational blueprint.

Terrorism is the means of this ideology. Westerns are never the first targets of islamic jihad, perceived apostates are.

The ideology is the cancer upon the world.

This attack is a force multiplier attack. This area into Giza is neither rich in military or political targets; it is a prime locale for tourist though. Attacking here is a 'gift that keeps on giving' in reduced tourism.

I think the problem is also poor leadership in these countries. The Muslim Brotherhood has been around a long time. Syria has had problems for many, many years. Something fundamental needs to change.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood#Founding

Hassan al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood in the city of Ismailia in March 1928 along with six workers of the Suez Canal Company, as a Pan-Islamic, religious, political, and social movement.^[58] The Suez Canal Company helped Banna build the mosque in Ismailia that would serve as the Brotherhood's headquarters, according to Richard Mitchell's The Society of Muslim Brothers.^[59] According to al-Banna, contemporary Islam had lost its social dominance, because most Muslims had been corrupted by Western influences. Sharia law based on the Qur'an and the Sunnah were seen as laws passed down by God that should be applied to all parts of life, including the organization of the government and the handling of everyday problems.^[60]

Al-Banna was populist in his message of protecting workers against the tyranny of foreign and monopolist companies. It founded social institutions such as hospitals, pharmacies, schools, etc. Al-Banna held highly conservative views on issues such as women's rights, opposing equal rights for women, but supporting the establishment of justice towards women.^[39] The Brotherhood grew rapidly going from 800 members in 1936, to 200,000 by 1938 and over 2 million by 1948.^[61]

As its influence grew, it opposed British rule in Egypt starting in 1936,^[62] but was banned after being accused of violent killings^[63] including the assassination of a Prime Minister by a young Brotherhood member.^[64][65][66]

[simple1]

I think the problem is also poor leadership in these countries. The Muslim Brotherhood has been around a long time. Syria has had problems for many, many years. Something fundamental needs to change.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood#Founding

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Egypt has sentenced hundreds off Muslin Brotherhood members to death in mass trials, although some sentences were overturned on appeal. In addition the Egyptian government closed down 27,000 mosques; odd supplementary legislation passed...

An estimated 400 permits were issued to Salafists, who pledged not to use Friday prayers for political purposes. A follow-up committee was formed by the ministry in February to oversee new imams during Friday prayers, cancel their permits and initiate legal proceedings against them if they failed to abide by their agreement with the ministry, as well as permanently bar them from taking the pulpit of any mosque in the country.

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/03/egypt-endowments-decision-close-worship-places.html

Edited January 23, 2016 by simple1

[maoro2013]

Trouble is the western world has too much political correctness, their constitutions say tolerance for all races and religions.

I too would like to see a reaction against this religion world wide, these people don't care about others, why should we care about them.

They do not fight like an army, they don't wear uniforms so they can be identified. They sneak around, execute some terrorist act, then run away and hide.

I am all for destroying the mosques, they shouldn't be allowed in the western world. I know most are moderates, but it is impossible to pick and choose.

[jesimps]

Bring back the pharaohs, must have been a wonderful, happy country before Islam darkened it's doorstep.

[Scott]

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[bigal2504]

We must stop this cancer of islam in the west now .