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Suez Canal: Is this a new terrorist target?
ISTANBUL - Attacks on vessels using Egypt's Suez Canal and increased terrorist activity in the Sinai Peninsula are opening up a new front in the war on terror, posing a serious threat to a crucial international trade route and with it global shipping, warn analysts.
Egyptian authorities have tightened security measures around the Suez Canal following intelligence suggesting Muslim Brotherhood supporters intend to target the key waterway today to coincide with the first day of trial for former president Mohamed Morsi.