The Egyptian authorities were forced last night to confront the unpleasant truth that the country had failed to tackle a new and serious terrorist threat aimed at destroying one of the pillars of the country’s economy. After repeated assurances that counter-terrorist efforts had succeeded in the Sinai Peninsula, the triple bombing only served to expose the country’s key tourist destinations as vulnerable to further attack. The explosions in Dahab follow similar bombings in Sharm el-Sheikh, the main Sinai resort, and Taba, a small beach hotel near the Israeli border at Eilat. Full Story