UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd" Bomb thrown at Cairo synagogue Sunday, February 21, 2010       7 Adar, 5770         Web JPost.com create JPOST.COM your Home Page       Jerusalem 25 °C fresh York 3 °C London 2 °C   Home | Headlines | Iranian Threat | Jewish World | idea | Trade | true Estate | Local Israel | Blogs | Arts & Culture | Français  | Classifieds  Israel | Middle East | International | Health & Sci-Tech | Features | go | Cafe Oleh | Magazine | Sports | Israel Guide | Subscribe | Services Archives JP Toolbar Christian World Youth Magazines RSS Feeds News Ticker More Services JPost Store Israel Hotels Vacation Rentals Philanthropy Green Israel Car Rentals Learn Hebrew JPost Mall Sderot Dove JP Travel Guide Links Purim E-cards Christian World Ten Tribes Advertise on JPost Media Kit לימוד אנגלית      Breaking News     JPost.com Jewish World Jewish News   .large_body p, .large_body span { font-size: 18px; } .small_body p, .small_body span { font-size: 12px; } Photo by: Associated Press Bomb thrown at Cairo synagogue BY ASSOCIATED PRESS 21/02/2010 12:23 None injured as man hurls makeshift device from window of hotel.   A man hurled a suitcase containing a makeshift bomb made of gasoline canisters at Cairo's main downtown synagogue in the early hours Sunday morning, yet there were no casualties or harm, police stated.According to the police report, a man came in a hotel located on the fourth floor of a building across from the synagogue in the early hours of the morning and as he was checking in, abruptly hurled his suitcase out the window.The case contained four containers of gasoline each attached to a glass bottle of sulfuric acid meant to shatter on impact and ignite the makeshift bomb, said police.Police said the bag fell onto the sidewalk in front of the hotel and briefly caught fire before being extinguished.There were no casualties and no damage to the historic synagogue.The suspect fled the scene after hurling his suitcase, which also contained his clothes, bits of cotton, matches and a lighter, and is now being sought by police.Egypt's once thriving Jewish population largely left the state 50 years ago throughout hostilities between Egypt and Israel, however a number of heavily guarded synagogues stay.Egypt's Jewish community, which dates back millennia and in the 1940s numbered around 80,000, is down to several dozen, almost all of them elderly.Despite the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty, Egyptian sentiment remains unfriendly to Israel, and anti-Semitic stereotypes still occasionally appear in the Egyptian media.Since an Islamist insurgency founded in southern Egypt was quashed in the 1990s, there have been few organized terrorist attacks in Egypt's Nile valley and the capital Cairo. There have, nonetheless, in a number of amateurish tries to attack foreigners over the years.In February 2009 a crude explosive device planted in a bazaar well with tourists killed a French teenager.       Rate this article         Talkback Add a Talkback Report Abuse Read all Talkbacks end Thank you for sending your comment. Your reply has been recieved. If selected for publication, it will appear on our site as soon as feasible. The JPost.com Team Close Add Talkback: Please enter a valid name Please enter a valid address Subject Author * Country Message (MAX 600 characters) Email ( Will not be released ) * * I wish to recieve updates and offers from JPost.com I have read and accepted the Readers' Submissions policy * Submit *Required fields   Send Large little Print       Most Talkbacked ‘Net use risked al-Mabhouh’s life’Hamas official cites online booking, phone call; French FM calls ...Talkbacks (59)20/02/2010 08:21‘Dam butlab dam’ – only for someAs in yesteryear, so in the 21st century, it’s axiomatic that Arabs have ...Talkbacks (47)19/02/2010 17:18Syria warns: Next war will be ruinousSyrian PM says if future conflict erupts it will affect "the region and beyond."Talkbacks (47)20/02/2010 16:54     synagogue anti-Semitism Egypt-Israel peace treaty . . .   Web JPost.com     JPosts Sites: The Jerusalem Report JPost Mall Philantropy Center Green Israel Jpost Edition Francaise Invest in Israel Christian World America's Voices Our Magazines Sites Of Interest: Car Rental Israel Car Rental in Israel Jpost Store Israel Hotels Vacation Apt. Rentals Sderot Dove KKL-JNF Learn hebrew Poalim Online BreitBart.com Maps of Israel Fundraising Ideas Web Hosting Providers Prom dresses & gowns Prom dresses Jovani Jerusalem Hotel Our Friends Services: JPost Toolbar JPost News Ticker JPost RSS feeds JPost Email Edition JP Subscriptions JPost Archives Learn English JPost Guides: Israel Guide Tour Guides Israel Attractions Information: About Us Feedback Staff E-mails Privacy Statement Copyright Media Kit Sitemap   About Us | Advertise with Us | Subscribe | Contact Us | RSS   © The Jerusalem Post 1995 - 2010 © 2010