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...blamed the porous border with Gaza for instability and terrorism in Sinai. Speaking on live television on Jan. 24, President Hosni Mubarak said, "We have started construction along our borders not to appease anyone but to protect our nation from terrorist plots like the ones that took place in Taba, Sharm el-Sheikh, Dahab and Cairo...
Middle East Nuts and Bolts Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met in the Egyptian resort town of Taba to begin discussing details of the transition to Palestinian self-rule, beginning in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. Among the issues: security arrangements, the size of the Palestinian-controlled zone around Jericho, the fate of thousands of Palestinians imprisoned or deported by Israel and control of water sources...
...power and some residual trust in the area, enabling it to undertake such a task. If the U.S. was prepared to commit itself to support peace along the lines outlined by the Geneva Accord, the joint Clinton-Barak proposals and the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in Taba, a formula for peace likely to be endorsed by the majority of Israel and the Palestinian populations would make its impact felt. In fact, public opinion polls show that both the Palestinians and the Israelis are ahead of their governments in their readiness to consider a serious compromise...
...Egyptian investigators are looking into possible links between Monday night's mayhem and two other major terrorist attacks on the Sinai Peninsula's Red Sea coast in the past 18 months. Fifteen Egyptians are currently on trial for the October 2004 attack on a hotel in Taba that killed 34 and a blitz last July in Sharm El Sheikh, the Sinai's premier resort, that left at least 64 dead. Egyptian officials believe that the accused operated an Islamic extremist cell in the Sinai, calling itself Tawheed and Jihad and relying on sympathetic local Bedouin for logistical support...
...sunrise Tuesday, patches of blood, shattered glass and eyeglasses and shoes that belonged to victims still covered the pavement. Despite the wreckage and high toll, however, the blasts were less powerful than the explosions in Taba and Sharm el Sheikh, which ripped off front portions of major hotels...