Hundreds marked Jerusalem Day, by demonstrating today at Al-Azhar Mosque following Friday prayers, in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance and the Hamas-led government.
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BBC poll: One third support torture
A BBC survey in 25 countries on the usage of torture showed some depressing results. One third of those surveyed insisted torture could be used in prison on circumstances.
More than 27,000 people in 25 countries were asked if torture was acceptable if it could provide information to save innocent lives.
In Egypt, according to the poll, 65% voted against employing all sorts of torture, while 25% saw it legitimate under “some circumstances.”
And surprise, surprise:
Israel has the largest percentage of those polled endorsing the use of a degree of torture on prisoners, with 43% saying they agreed that some degree of torture should be allowed.
Egypt border guard shot dead along Israel border
From Reuters…
Egypt border guard shot dead along Israel border
14 Oct 2006
ISMAILIA, Egypt, Oct 14 (Reuters) – An Egyptian border guard was shot dead on Saturday in the Sinai peninsula while on patrol along the Israeli border and another critically wounded, security sources said.
Several Egyptian security sources at the border said preliminary investigations showed the two guards may have had a dispute with a third border guard, who then shot them.
But other Egyptian security sources said it was too early to draw any conclusions and an investigation would focus on all possibilities, including that the fire may have come from Israel. Those sources said the investigation into the shooting near el-Kuntilla, 55 km (35 miles) northwest of the border town of Taba, would also look into the possibility that the border guards were shot in a shootout with smugglers, or in a dispute with another guard. The Sinai peninsula has been the scene of a string of three deadly bomb attacks targeting popular Red Sea beach resorts over the past two years that have killed scores of people.
Egypt has laid the blame for the Sinai bombings on local militants including Bedouin with militant Islamist views.
Smuggling is also common along the Egypt-Israel border.