Tourists and Terrorists

JUST when Egypt appeared to be getting its economic house in order, Islamic extremists are trying to burn it down.

Last year terrorist teams fired on trains carrying tourists near the perpetually nervous university town of Assiyut. In December, three terrorists burst out of a coffee shop in Old Cairo and fired on a passing busload of tourists, wounding eight passengers and eight Egyptians who came to their defense. The Gama’a AlIslamiya, a radical organization, has distributed flyers in recent months warning all foreigners to leave or face the consequences.

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John R. Thomson

JUST when Egypt appeared to be getting its economic house in order, Islamic extremists are trying to burn it down.

Last year terrorist teams fired on trains carrying tourists near the perpetually nervous university town of Assiyut. In December, three terrorists burst out of a coffee shop in Old Cairo and fired on a passing busload of tourists, wounding eight passengers and eight Egyptians who came to their defense. The Gama’a AlIslamiya, a radical organization, has distributed flyers in recent months warning all foreigners to leave or face the consequences.