Bus Bombed in Taba by Bob Cummins

      On Sunday,  the driver and two South Korean passengers were killed by an explosive in a tourist bus.  At least seventeen others were injured by the blast.
      Egypt's interim president's spokesman, Adley Mansour, said that the bombing was a "despicable act of cowardice directed at innocent tourists."
     The blast happened when the bus stopped for a break in Taba near the border of the Sinai Peninsula.  Officials say that the explosive was possibly under the driver's seat.  The explosion damaged the chassis badly, when it became engulfed in fire.
     Since former president of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi was ousted by the military, jihadists have been extremely violent, carrying out many bombings.  Recently, a militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis has said that they were responsible  for deadly attacks in Cairo.  Militants have not targeted the tourists in Egypt, though.  This bus incident was the first deadly militant attack on tourists in Egypt in three years at least.
     The tourism minister in Egypt, Hisham Zaazou, said, "This will not reoccur."

     Let's just hope this doesn't reoccur.  Writing articles about stuff like this makes you feel fortunate that you live in the United States.  One thing this article did not mention explicitly was the aim of the jihadists. They're probably targeting tourists to prevent westernization.  Egypt just needs to bump up security.  This is a bit ridiculous.  People, including me, need to know more about this, which is why this article was written, but nobody wants to read it.  Kareem Fahim, who co-wrote this article has done other articles about jihadists, so he knows what's up.  I just wish I knew more details about what's going on over there.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/17/world/middleeast/bus-bombing-kills-tourists-in-sinai-egypt.html?ref=middleeast&_r=0