Daily Mail:
- Five al-Qaeda terrorists were arrested by Egyptian counter terror police
- Alleged plotters were caught ‘while they collected weapons’
- Gang thought to be targeting resort popular with British tourists
By Alex Ward
PUBLISHED: 23:41 EST, 1 November 2012 | UPDATED: 04:00 EST, 2 November 2012
Five terrorists have been caught apparently plotting an attack on British tourists in an Egyptian resort in the lead-up to Christmas.
The suspected jihadists were arrested by Egyptian counter terror police as they collected rocket-propelled grenades, rifles and pistols in an attempt believed to be similar to the Mumbai attacks in India which killed 166 people in November 2008.#
Authorities claimed that the gang planned to attack the ‘softer target of British tourists’ holidaying at the idyllic beachside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea.
Terrorist target: Beachside resort Sharm el-Sheikh (pictured) is thought to have been the target of five Muslim terrorists who were arrested by Egyptian counter terror police
The arrests come after al-Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri called for a new wave of violence, appealing to jihadists around the world to attack and kidnap westerners.
What type of idiot goes to Egypt on vacation? Don’t they know anything about what is going on in North Africa?
Darwin had word for those kind of idiots. It stars with an e.
Seems quite a few blindly are willing to plan a ‘vacation’ in Egypt these days. The ones with still a few functioning brain cells actually think about travel insurance and find they’re refused coverage.
That’s one solid line of defense against the jihadi problem and those who would support it – business in the real world abhors it.
This is a perfect example of why the Islamic World is so dysfunctional. Here they are with the Muslim Brotherhood firmly in power and Sharia Law going into effect soon, and still they are committing acts of terrorism. They should be happy as clams and Egypt should be the most terrorism-free place on earth, but no, they have to keep it up with the suicide bombing and the plotting and the planning. What’s the matter with them? Don’t they know that they’ve won? Isn’t the Muslim Brotherhood Islamic enough for them? They kill for the sheer joy of killing – Islam is the religion of Psychopathic murderers…
Eeyore that is one name for it, the average intelligence of the human race will go up when they die from terminal stupidity.
go to Egypt for a vacation? I would rather go to the toilet, much more hygienic.