Cutting off their proverbial noses to spite their faces, by destroying infrastructure and wasting valuable energy to make a point. Jihad causes poverty. This episode also rather puts a dent in recent attempts to cast Islam and Sharia as better stewards of the environment. “Sinai: explosion hits gas pipeline built thanks to Egypt-Israel accords,” from AsiaNews, July 4:
Cairo (AsiaNews) — A pipeline carrying gas from Egypt through the northern Sinai to Israel and Jordan has been hit by an explosion. It is the third attack on a pipeline in Sinai since February, when a popular uprising toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
Sources told AsiaNews that pro-Palestinian Islamic extremists placed the bomb to force Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to change the country”s policy towards Israel.
The pipeline (pictured) began supplying Israel with gas in 2008. It was made possible by the 1978 accords signed in Camp David (US). Under the deal, Egypt will sell natural gas to Israel for 20 years at a preferential rate.
“Extremists want an end to the Camp David accords,” sources said. “They want to force the government to break ties with Israel developed under Mubarak’s regime.”
Another reason is the rising cost of natural gas. “After the Jasmine Revolution, the military government reduced domestic supplies, causing prices to rise,” sources said. “Various Islamic groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, have criticised Mubarak’s concessions to Western governments and Israel, demanding they be terminated.”…
The slogan “Jihad gives you gas” never quite got off the drawing board.