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IV 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 384 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2005 Mr. Issa (for himself, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Rahall, Mr. LaHood, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Pearce, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Flake, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Shays, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Foley, Mr. Jindal, and Mr. Moran of Virginia) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations RESOLUTION Condemning in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on July 23, 2005, and for other purposes.

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

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.