[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 384 Engrossed in House (EH)]
H. Res. 384
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
July 27, 2005.
Whereas on July 23, 2005, a series of explosions at tourist facilities in Sharm
el-Sheikh, Egypt, planned and carried out by terrorists, resulted in the
death of scores of civilians and the injury of hundreds of others;
Whereas the people of Egypt have been subjected to several other terrorist
deadly attacks over the past year;
Whereas Egypt's appointed ambassador to Iraq, Dr. Ihab al-Sherif, was kidnapped
and executed by terrorists in Baghdad during July 2005; and
Whereas President George W. Bush expressed the solidarity of the people and
Government of the United States with the people and Government of Egypt
during his visit to the Embassy of Egypt: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks on Sharm
el-Sheikh, Egypt and other terrorist attacks directed against Egypt;
(2) expresses its condolences to the families and friends of those
individuals who were killed in the attacks and expresses its sympathies
to those individuals who have been injured;
(3) joins with President George W. Bush in expressing the solidarity
of the people and Government of the United States with the people and
Government of Egypt as they recover from these cowardly and inhuman
attacks; and
(4) expresses its readiness to support the Egyptian authorities in
their efforts to bring to justice those individuals responsible for the
recent attacks in Egypt and to pursue, disrupt, undermine, and dismantle
the networks which plan and carry out such attacks.
Attest:
Clerk.