Monday, March 24, 2008

U.S. Ship Fires on Motorboat in Gulf of Suez


CAIRO, Egypt — An Egyptian man was shot dead and two others wounded in an incident involving a U.S.-flagged cargo ship transversing the Suez Canal in the direction of the Mediterannean Sea, reported security officials late Monday.
After sunset, a motor boat carrying three Egyptians approached the "Global Patriot" with the intent of selling products when the ship opened fire on it with tracer bullets killing Mohammed Fouad and wounding the other two occupants, said an Egyptian navy official on customary condition of anonymity. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - eToys Direct