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Show DAILY Three bombings rock Sinai resort city DailySHerald Established in 1873 - A Lee Newspaper Customer Service 375-5103 Attacksat height Newsroom 801-344-2540 Toll free 800-880-8075 FAX 8013735489 of tourist season kills at least 21 www .heraldextra.com Steven R. Hurst Street address: 1555 N. Freedom Bivd., Provo, UT Send mail to: P.O. Box 717, Provo, UT 846030717 CAIRO, Egypt — Three News EDITORS Randy Wight 3442913. rwrightOheraKdenra com Joe Pyrah 344-2586 _jpyrah@heraldexra.com Exestve ator Metro Editor Gry Editor Sports Editor ina usiness Editor ‘Amie Rose Damell Didson | 344-2530 arose@heraldextra.com 344-2555 ddickson@heraldextra.com oot sanaes bombings beach resort Oh ‘ian teers Sab day at the height of the tourist season, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than’60 a day after Osama bin Ladenissip yee peamie ae Grace Leong 344-2910 gleong@heraldextra.com Eiyssa Andrus 344-2553 _eandrus@heraldextra.com Donald W. 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MEMBER, AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS All contents Copyright © 2006, Dally Herald. Any reproduction or other use is strictly prohibited withOut written permission. killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 60 in the Third terror st rike on a Sinai resort in less than twoyears. young Western and Israeli “There werejust three loud bangs and rus! backpackers drawn by prime McBeath told Sky News. “Ev- of huts set up along the beach. erybody is shaken.” Another witness said the Al Caponerestaurant, one of the area’s most popular spots, was In recent years, a numberof scuba diving sites and cheap hotels, which mainly consisted pendent ontourism,called the blastsa “sinful terrorist action.” President Bush also,condemned the attacks and vowed to bring terrorists to justice. The Egyptian government has said the militants who carried out the bombings were terrorists are willing to try to al-Qaida. In Washington,a U.S. coun- locals without international connections, but other security “Today we saw again that the agencies havesaid they suspect more upscale hotels have been built, including a five-star Hilton resort. Atleast three Israeli citizens destroyed. “The tables and chairs have were hurt in the attack, which sent a steady stream of cars gone,there is nothingleft,” back to Israel some65 miles Joseph Nazir, who owns a sato the north. Israeli authorities fari companyin Dahab,told said 1,800 oftheir citizens were Britain’s Press Association. “Everybodyis panicking, a lot .in the Sinai at the time of the of people are crying. Wewill be blasts. However,there were affected by this for a long, long far fewerIsraelis vacationing in Sinai than during last week's time.” Hotels and guesthouses were Passoverholiday. Israel's ambassador in Cairo, filled with foreigners and with Shalom Cohen,said the Israeli Egyptians celebrating the long government had warned repeatCoptic Christian Easter weekedly against visiting the Sinai. end that coincided this year “Unfortunately, the warnwith Shem al-Nessim,the anings cametrue,”he told Israel's cient holiday marking the first Channel10 TV. day of spring. President Hosnj Mubarak, For years, Dahab was a whose economyis heavily depopular, low-key havenfor define the world the way they wanttosee it,” Bushsaid in Las Vegas. Southern Sinai Gov. Maj. Gen. Mohammed Hani put the death toll at 21, including 18 ptians. Hanisaid 62 were wounded while thepolice put the numberat more than 150. The difference could not be immediately explained. Terrorist attacks have killed nearly 100 peopleat several terterrorism official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in compliance with office policy, said it was unclear who was behind Monday's attack. Officials there have not ruled outthe possibility that al-Qaida maybe involved, but have no evidence showingthatis the case,the official said. Nor do they have anyevidencethat bin -Laden’s tape was linked to the attack, Bruce Hoffman, a RAND tourist resortsin the Sinai Peninsulain the past twoyears. Bombingsin the resorts of Taba and Ras Shitan, near the Israeli border, killed 34 people terrorism expert, agreed in a telephoneinterview from Washington. “It could be coincidence.It's in October 2004. Suicide at- tackersin July in the resort of Sharmel-Sheik killed at least 64 people, mainly tourists. an extraordinarily short turnaround — it's impossible to say at this point.” underwayon finalizing government Robert H. Reid THE ASSi ESS Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghciliation onthe basis of national dad, have been warning fellow dialogue and commoninterests” Sunnis against joining the police among Iraq's rival ethnic and and army. religious communities. Three other Headed were Healso promised to “cleanse our society” of terrorism, comfound in Mosul, 225 northwest of Bist includbat corruption anddis! ing a university student who militias controlled by political parties and integrate them into had been kidnapped earlier in the day,police said. The other the armed forces andthe police. bodies werefoundip separate “I'm confidentthat the miliareas of Baghdad. tias, and there are more than The latest deaths brought the 11 militias, must be disarmed,” numberof Iraqis reported killed al-Malikisaid. “There's nodifin insurgency-or sectarian-reference between onemilitia and lated violence to more than 70 others.” since Jawad al-Maliki was forManySunni Arabsbelieve mally chosen Saturday to head a militia membershave infiltrated national unity government. The the ranks of the police and BAGHDAD,Iraq — string of car bombs rocked Baghdad on Monday,killing 10 people and wounding nearly 80 in an apparent to discredit Iraq's new leadership.Atleast 15 people werekilled in other bombingsand shootings. Police also discovered the bodies of 28 people in the capital and the northern city of Mosul. Theyincluded 15 police recruits from Ramadi who werekidnapped Sundayandkilled by insurgents,police said. The seven car bombs exploded over five-hour period United States believes a unity in six widely separated neigh- borhoods across the capital. The first blast occurred near the Health Ministry andkilled five people,Lt. Col. Faleh al-Moham- JACOB SILBERBERG/Associated Press An Iraqigirl sits in her mother’s arms while family membersare searchedby a U.S. Marineat a checkpoint in Karmah,50 miles westof Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday. medawisaid. Twohourslater, bombs hidden in two cars exploded near Mustansiriya University, killing five others, including a 10-yearold boy, alMohammedawisaid. Blasts also occurred in central Baghdad, the Karradah district, Mansour and the New Baghdad areain the east of the capital. Al-Mohammedawiput the total number of wounded at. nearly 80, most of them in the two fatal bombings. The bodies of the 15police recruits from Ramadi were found in a small truck on the western edgeofthe capital, al-Mohammedawisaid. All showed signs of torture. Insurgents in government of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds is essential to halting the country’sslide into chaos. Al-Maliki,a Shiite, has 30 days from April 22 to present his Cabinet to parliament for majority approval. A top Shiite official, Ridha Jawad Taqi, said he expected the lineupto be finalized within 15 days. In an interview Monday with CNN,al-Maliki said he would work toward “national recon- talks are under way, said they expect Interior Minister Bayan Jabr to be replaced by Qassim Dawoud,a Shiite independent whohas nomilitia links. U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has said Iraq's next government must decommis- sion sectarian militias, terming them the “infrastructure for civil war.” Correction ¥ In Sunday's special businesssection, the story “Memories,a dollar at a time,” BrendaBirrell's armyand have been respon- sible for kidnapping andkilling Sunnicivilians. U.S. and British officials haveinsisted Cabinet memberswhohavesecurity responsibilities havenoties to militias. Much ofthe attention has focused on the Shiite-run Interior Ministry, which controls police andparamilitary commandos widely distrusted by Sunnis. Shiite officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because name was mes The Daily Herald wants its newsreports to be fair and accurate. 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