Miss Mabrouk of Egypt

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Thursday, July 28, 2005

Odd Dismissal - Pakistani Track

Dismissing the Pakistani track, [previous post] the authorities have to explain why they hunted Bedouins and Pakistanis with gunfire in the mountains. Also, if they were ‘illegal workers,’ presumably with no previous relations to Bedouin tribes, why were they hiding in a village? And since when are Pakistanis entering Egypt illegally to work? If that happens, I have missed it completely. I thought there were about a million Egyptians competing for the jobs. I fail to see how anyone can enter Sharm illegally when even Egyptians with valid ID-card often are blocked by guards on the road. Security officials are now quoted saying the Pakistanis, who left their passports at a hotel, fled to Israel. How, exactly, would they do that if they are illegal workers with no previous knowledge of the area?