The killing, rape and looting of artifacts continues, yet nary a word by the pompous libs here. Remember the outrage by the looting in the museums in Baghdad by the media and most effete Philippe de Montebello, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was everywhere on the news blaming Bush for his neglect during the invasion. It turned out that most of the "looting" was a cover for official theft at high levels that included figures of international politics. Little was head from the likes of de Montebello after the real thieves were in part exposed.
But we have heard almost nothing of the looting in Egypt, by Muslim Arabs, of some of the greatest treasures from antiquity. m/r
Egyptian militants warn tourists to leave or face attack - Yahoo News
2-18-14
By Shadia Nasralla and Michael Georgy
CAIRO (Reuters) - A militant Islamist group has warned tourists to leave Egypt and threatened to attack any who stay after February 20, raising the prospect of a new front in a fast-growing insurgency in the biggest Arab nation.
The Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group, which claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed two South Korean tourists and an Egyptian on Sunday, made the statement on an affiliated Twitter account.
"We recommend tourists to get out safely before the expiry of the deadline," read the tweet, written in English, which Egypt's prime minister said on Tuesday aimed to undermine the political process begun after an army takeover in July.
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has said that it does not post statements on social media sites, but statements that appeared on the Twitter account in the past have afterwards surfaced on jihadist websites which the group says it does use.
Islamist militants have killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers since the army deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi seven months ago, but Sunday's attack on a tourist bus marks a tactical shift to soft targets that could devastate an economy already reeling from political turmoil.
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