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Egypt Blames al-Qaida-Linked Palestinian Group for New Year's Bombing

   VOA News  23 January 2011
   Egyptian  Christians cheer as they put a piece of paper that reads 'we
   don't need Habib El-Adly, Minister of the Interior' on a car driven by
   a  Christian  during  clashes  with  riot  police  outside al-Abasseya
   Cathedral in Cairo late night, 02 Jan 2011.

Photo: Reuters

   Egyptian  Christians cheer as they put a piece of paper that reads 'we
   don't need Habib El-Adly, Minister of the Interior' on a car driven by
   a  Christian  during  clashes  with  riot  police  outside al-Abasseya
   Cathedral in Cairo late night, 02 Jan 2011.

   Egypt's  interior  minister  has  blamed a Palestinian group linked to
   al-Qaida  for the New Year's Day suicide bombing that killed more than
   20 people and wounded about 100 others at a Coptic Christian church.
   Habib  al-Adly  announced Sunday that the government believes the Army
   of  Islam  was behind the attack. The Army of Islam praised the attack
   but denied involvement.
   The  Palestinian militant group is believed to have played a role in a
   cross-border  attack in 2006 that resulted in the abduction of Israeli
   soldier Gilad Shalit.
   The  more  recent  attack  occurred a half hour into the new year at a
   church  in  the  northern  city  of  Alexandria  where worshippers had