Police were reported to be taking DNA samples from some local families, to try to establish both the identities of the Sharm el-Sheikh suicide bombers and any links with the Taba bombers.Back in the early 1990s Egypt's security forces crushed a low-level Islamist insurgency but support for Islamist groups, who oppose Egypt's friendly relations with Israel and the West, remains strong.
Mr Clinton wants them to send negotiators to Washington in a fortnight which might be a neat election-eve boon for Al Gore, but might not help Ehud Barak stave off parliamentary defeat.The Sharm el-Sheikh summit, hastily convened on October 16th at an Egyptian beach resort, did better than most people had dared hope.
The perpetrators are so far unknown.The Sharm el-Sheikh summit, bringing together all six of Iraq's neighbours, along with other Arab and Muslim countries and the main world powers, ended with a communiqué urging Mr Allawi's government to seek dialogue with all Iraqi political and civil groups in order to ensure broad participation in the elections.
The horrific stories recounted by holidaymakers of the carnage and panic in Sharm el-Sheikh are bound to make many would-be visitors think twice.
He also likes the fact that Russians don't need visas here and that hotel staff often speak Russian, a language used even for Hurghada's street signs.Like its glitzier sister Sharm el-Sheikh, Hurghada remains an oasis from Egypt's political tumult.
The generals have already, since Mr Morsi's removal, deployed helicopters and tanks in what was once a demilitarised zone.Both the Bedouin and members of the Brotherhood fear that the generals may send back the state security forces, who tortured thousands of people in a counter-insurgency campaign against terrorists after tourist hotels in Sharm el-Sheikh were bombed in 2005.
Yet, even after last week's terrorist attacks at the Marriott in Islamabad, few hotels in Dubai seem too concerned about installing the same security screenings that are a feature of five-star hotels in, say, Sharm El-Sheikh.These are heady days for Dubai, which has the belligerent confidence of a city intent on becoming a 21st-century force.
How will Egyptians regard his legacy?Mr Mubarak is 82 years old, and in recent years he has spent much of his time away from Cairo, at the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
In the wake of the bombings Mr Mubarak summoned Arab leaders to an "exceptional" summit, to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh on August 3rd, to discuss Iraq, Palestine and terrorism.
In the event, this week's meeting at Sharm el-Sheikh, an Egyptian resort, of outside stakeholders in the future of Iraq was a sober exercise in realpolitik.
See articleNo way outLeaders and ministers from more than 60 countries gathered at Sharm el-Sheikh, in Egypt, where they looked in vain for ways to end the mayhem in Iraq.
