'Terrorists' Attack Egypt-Israel Gas Pipeline

[Pete]

'Terrorists' Attack Egypt-Israel Gas Pipeline

We have a number of different threads running on the political activities and riots in the middle east. Maybe we should use this one for the violence outside the riots.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...tian_Officials

"Egyptian officials blamed "terrorists" for an explosion which tore into a gas pipeline from Egypt to Israel and Jordan, and sent flames towering into the sky near the Gaza Strip.............."

Video clip at link.

[greenberetTFS]

Pete,

Can't really understand why they did that,when their other half is trying to secure power?..............

Big Teddy

From the Middle East unrest thread,...

http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/201...cted-by-egypt/

I concur with Pete, we've got alot of ME activity going on.

Is it possible to Admin adjust and streamline or is it a lost cause?

Originally Posted by greenberetTFS

....when their other half is trying to secure power?..............

Big Teddy

BT - we could put your words in the inbreeding thread if that helps?

[Pete]

Dueling explanations.

Sinai natural gas pipeline blast blamed on leak

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=206940

".......Egypt's natural gas company said the fire was caused by a gas leak, but a local security official said an explosive device was detonated inside the terminal and the regional governor said he suspected sabotage........."

Should be easy for an expert to look at the piece of pipe and tell ..........

[LongWire]

Definitely more than meets the eye going on here........

The Sinai gas pipelines have come under attack in the past. Bedouin tribesmen attempted to blow up the pipeline last July as tensions intensified between them and the Egyptian government, which they accuse of discrimination and of ignoring their plight.Egypt has potential natural gas reserves of 62 trillion cubic feet (1.7 trillion cubic meters), the 18th largest in the world.
Egypt began providing Israel with natural gas in February 2008 under a deal by which it will sell Israel 60 billion cubic feet (1.7 billion cubic meters) a year for 15 years.
The deal raised controversy at home, with some in the Egyptian opposition saying the gas was being sold at below-market rates. Others resent Israel's treatment of Palestinians, and say Egypt shouldn't supply energy to Israel.
"The deal (to sell gas) was a blow to the pride of Egyptians and a betrayal," former diplomat Ibrahim Yousri told The Associated Press on Saturday.
Yousri led a high court challenge to try to halt Egypt's sale of gas to Israel. Although the high court ruled in his favor in February 2010, the ruling was widely ignored by the government


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