Islamist governor of Egypt's Luxor quits after uproar

BBC News is reporting on the resignation from the position of Luxor's governor of Adel Assad Al Islamist governor of Egypt's Luxor quits after uproar). Gamaa Islamiya carried out an infamous terrorist raid in 1997 that killed 58 tourists. The actual perpetrators were all caught - some of them in a chase across the desert - and killed, as were a number (it is reported locally) of members of each of their families to discourage similar attacks.

Photo: From Luxor Times blog.