Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Egypt accuses Palestinian attack

The attack on a church glass of Alexandria, which took place last December 31 and that took the lives of more than 20 people, was won by Egypt to the Palestinian radical group. "The Palestinian group Army of Islam, linked to Al Qaeda, is behind the attack on the Church of Saints in Alexandria, said Sunday the Egyptian Interior Minister Habib Al Adli, in a speech broadcast on state television, during the time of the police.

However, a spokesman for the Palestinian militant group Army of Islam in Gaza immediately denied having "any relationship, near or far" with this attack, which accused the Israeli secret services. For its part, the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which severed its ties with the Army of Islam in 2007, defended the Salafist Group: "Our armies are aimed directly against the Zionist enemy and the battlefield with the enemy is within Palestine, "he told AFP spokesman Fawzi Barhum.

In this regard, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in a speech thanked the police "for finding the perpetrators of the terrorist attack of Alexandria", without elaborating. According to an official of the security services, five Egyptians were arrested ten days ago in Alexandria as part of the investigation.

"During interrogation they said that planning the attack came from outside," said this source, who requested anonymity. In his speech Sunday, Mubarak said: "Terrorism is not part of our society and is marked from abroad." The Egyptian president also warned foreign countries in recent weeks called for better protection from the Coptic minority, which does not accept "any pressure or interference" in this sense.

After the bombing of Alexandria, who was condemned worldwide, there were numerous calls, mostly in Western countries and the Vatican, asking for an increase in the safety of Christians in the East. The Egyptian authorities said that the attack was intended to harm the national unity of Egypt, including Christians and Muslims, and opposed any foreign intervention in this regard.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 1:42 AM

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