the Sanai used to be Israeli territory
the bombing of the mosque took place in SINAI-----that land is chock full of nutty islamist "groups" over which the government has little control. The victims (as reported in the
news are SUFIS) Lots of muslim islamist groups consider
Sufism to be heretical. ------Probably some sufi boy kissed a
sunni girl
used to be Israeli territory.....after the Six Day War......then back to Egyptian control......I wonder how that effected the population there.....how big was /is the population there?[/QUOTE
no effect. The Israeli presence consisted of a few farmers and hot houses for the cultivation of tomatoes and flowers.
Nothing was INFLICTED on the population-------the population was---at that time ---impoverished Bedouins and some ESCAPEES from slave markets imported from sudan. The equiptment and hot houses were gifted to the local population -------they pillaged and destroyed it. The fact is that SINAI is
POTENTIALLY cultivatable-------lots of sunshine----some oil but of poor quality and hardly worth the drill