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**Pete** · 02-03-2012, 10:58

U.S. tourists seized in Egypt's Sinai released

http://news.yahoo.com/gunmen-kidnap-...114753208.html

"CAIRO (Reuters) - Two American women kidnapped by gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday were released into army custody hours after they were seized, security sources said.

The two tourists were among a party of five travelling from Saint Catherine's monastery in central Sinai to the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh when a vehicle carrying men armed with machineguns stopped their small bus, the sources said.

The gunmen were apparently seeking a ransom, they said......"

02-03-2012, 10:58	#6
Pete Quiet Professional Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fayetteville Posts: 13,080	U.S. tourists seized in Egypt's Sinai released U.S. tourists seized in Egypt's Sinai released http://news.yahoo.com/gunmen-kidnap-...114753208.html "CAIRO (Reuters) - Two American women kidnapped by gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday were released into army custody hours after they were seized, security sources said. The two tourists were among a party of five travelling from Saint Catherine's monastery in central Sinai to the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh when a vehicle carrying men armed with machineguns stopped their small bus, the sources said. The gunmen were apparently seeking a ransom, they said......"
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