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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Egypt, Arab League Condemn Tel Aviv Bombing

What is the world coming to? Egypt and the Arab League have issued a condemnation of the recent suicide bombing in Tel Aviv that killed nine civilians.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit described the attack as "an act of terrorism," a strong condemnation from an Arab state that usually jointly blames both Israel and the Palestinians for the ongoing violence.

Aboul Gheit strongly denied this claim in a statement issued Tuesday. "Premeditated attacks on civilians contradict all tenets and laws," he said. Such attacks are "part of hated acts of terrorism, regardless of any justification," Aboul Gheit said.


We might finally be getting somewhere.