NationStates Jolt Archive

100's have been injured so far in Taba, a popular Israeli holiday destination 100 metres away from the border crossing with Israel, in Egypt. 3 bombs have gone off. The casualties are said to be Russian, Israeli and Egyptian mainly.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6445474

Do you have a personal view you'd like to share about it?

Seeing it on the news right now.

Do you have a personal view you'd like to share about it?
I just wanted to let people know because quite a few people listed NS being their source of news. My view would obviously be biased because a majority of the casualties were Israeli and so am I. I can't think of anyone who would sympathise with the terrorists since TT got deleted but anyway.

Nice of Egypt to let Israeli ambulances through. Egypt say there was "no proof of terrorism"!!!

I think now that both sides are as bad as each other.
It's like Northern Ireland where someone started it somehow but that doesn't matter after a point because both sides are equally guilty now.
Trouble is that neither side sees much reason to back down now because of all the killing and there isn't a force attempting to pacify the region in a non-lethal way like there was with Britain and Ireland.

I think now that both sides are as bad as each other.
It's like Northern Ireland where someone started it somehow but that doesn't matter after a point because both sides are equally guilty now.
Trouble is that neither side sees much reason to back down now because of all the killing and there isn't a force attempting to pacify the region in a non-lethal way like there was with Britain and Ireland.
Let's not go there. This wasn't intended to turn into an Israel debate.

well serves them right occuping palisian lands and all

Let's not go there. This wasn't intended to turn into an Israel debate.

At least I'm on nobody's side.

'Israeli security forces had warned Israeli travelers against visiting Egyptian resorts on the Red Sea, saying they might be targeted by Palestinian militants waging a 4-year-old uprising or by Islamic groups.'

It does seem though that wherever you look in the Middle East you can't avoid the issue.

Maybe we could calm everything down there by making them all ganja addicts.

well serves them right occuping palisian lands and all
nothing deserves 30 dead civilians you racist moron. And its P-A-L-E-S-T-I-N-I-A-N not Palisian. The dead were Russians and Egyptians as well, what do they deserve?

'Israeli security forces had warned Israeli travelers against visiting Egyptian resorts on the Red Sea, saying they might be targeted by Palestinian militants waging a 4-year-old uprising or by Islamic groups.'
I don't understand why people never believe/listen to the intelligence given.

Maybe we could calm everything down there by making them all ganja addicts.
wow, you're an intellect aren't you? :rolleyes:

I think now that both sides are as bad as each other.
It's like Northern Ireland where someone started it somehow but that doesn't matter after a point because both sides are equally guilty now.
Trouble is that neither side sees much reason to back down now because of all the killing and there isn't a force attempting to pacify the region in a non-lethal way like there was with Britain and Ireland.
Yeah

Let's not go there. This wasn't intended to turn into an Israel debate.*eyesrolling*

Let's not go there. This wasn't intended to turn into an Israel debate.

Ah, by a process of elimination it must have been intended to be a Northern Ireland debate then.