Terror attacks that killed nearly 100 people at several Sinai tourist resorts in the past two years were carried out by a militant group calling itself “Tawhid and Jihad,” a name used by al-Qaida-linked groups elsewhere, Egyptian prosecutors said Sunday. The Egyptian government has said the militants who carried out the suicide bombings were locals without international connections, though Israeli security officials have said they suspect an al-Qaida hand in the attacks. The name, announced for the first time Sunday at the trial of 15 militants suspected in the bombings, could suggest the group had sympathies with al-Qaida, if not operational links. Full Story
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