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88 Killed in Bomb Blasts Targeting Egyptian Red Sea Resorts
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Egyptian president says bombings have only increased his determination
to battle and defeat terrorists  







Hosni Mubarak, center, tours scene of explosion at Ghazala Gardens
hotel, Saturday Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says a wave of
bombings Saturday, that killed at least 88 people in a popular Red Sea
resort town have only increased his determination to battle and defeat
terrorists.

His comment come hours after at least three nearly-simultaneous
explosions tore through the lobby of a luxury hotel, the Ghazala
Gardens, a parking lot and a market in Sharm el-Sheikh, just after
1:00 a.m. local time Saturday. At least two of the explosions are
believed to be car bombs.

Officials say most of the dead are Egyptians, but at least eight
foreigners have been confirmed killed. More than 100 people were
injured, many of them seriously.







Woman walks among debris in front of Gazala Gardens Hotel following
explosion in Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, early Saturday Egypt's
interior minister, Habib al-Adli, said there is some information
linking the blasts with the October bombings in the Sinai resort town
of Taba that killed 34 people.

An Internet claim of responsibility from a group calling itself the
Abdullah Azzam Brigades of al-Qaida in the Levant and Egypt could not
be immediately verified.

Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.