24.01.2012                      29.Tewet. 5772                       Jom Kippur Katan

Sinai:

Bedouin take control of Egypt holiday resort, demand $660 million ransom

Egyptian security forces, who have not taken action on the matter, claim they cannot operate in the region without Israeli permission.

A squad of Egyptian Bedouin on Sunday took control of a resort complex in Sinai, for which they are demanding a ransom of four million Egyptian pounds (approximately $662 million).
According to reports by Egyptian media, the squad, armed with automatic weapons, took hold of "Aqua Sun", situated about 30 kilometers south of Taba, Egypt….