DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
March 6, 2009, 7:39 PM (GMT+02:00)
Bomb blast at Cairo’s Khan al Khalil souk
Based
on Egyptian intelligence findings, president Hosni Mubarak’s aides
advised visiting US secretary of state Hillary Clinton last week that
an Iranian agent is behind recent attacks on foreign tourists in Cairo,
DEBKAfile‘s exclusive sources report.
They
are hunting an Iranian agent whom they believe set up a terrorist
network for these attacks. On Feb. 23, two bomb blasts in Cairo’s
central Khalil al Khan market killed a French teen-ager and injured 23,
mostly tourists. Then, on March 1, a teacher from the American school
in Alexandria was stabbed and suffered minor injuries at the same place.
Before
leaving Sharm e-Sheikh March 3, Clinton said she had been surprised by
the level of concern about Iran in her talks with Middle East leaders.
DEBKAfile‘s counter-terror sources add that a news blackout was imposed on a third terrorist attack which occurred in mid-February.
According
to classified reports, Egyptian security authorities suspect that all
three assaults were the work of a ne… >>>
