Car Bomb in Cairo Signals Step-Change in ISIS Spread.

"Fight & kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait & ambush them using every stratagem of war." So Allah tells his imbecilic killers, in verse 9:5, the 'Verse of the Sword', the most important verse of his revolting & illiterate Koran. This is why we see non-Muslms targeted by Islamic savages all over the world: Nigeria, the UK, Pakistan & Tunisia, anywhere Muslims fell able to attack non-Muslims, they will. Allah tells them to. The latest is a car bomb in Cairo today, aimed at the Italian consulate, as reported by Reuters:

One person killed in Cairo bombing at Italian consulate A bomb exploded in front of the Italian consulate in Cairo on Saturday, killing one person, officials said, raising the possibility that Islamist militants will open a new front against foreigners in Egypt. A security official told Reuters the blast was caused by a car bomb. State news agency MENA cited a senior security source as saying preliminary investigations indicated that a bomb was placed under a car near the consulate and remotely detonated. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the early morning blast, which caused heavy damage to the consulate. It shook other buildings downtown and could be heard in several surrounding neighbourhoods.

Scene of the blast. Click to enlarge.

A health ministry spokesman said one Egyptian civilian was killed and 10 wounded. MENA separately said two policemen were among the wounded. Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said there were no Italian victims in the blast. "Italy will not be intimidated," he said on Twitter. Gentiloni al-Sisi Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said militancy poses an existential threat to Egypt, other Arab states and the West. One of the toughest security crackdowns in Egypt's history has weakened the mainstream Muslim Brotherhood group, blamed by security officials for small-scale bombings. The Brotherhood says it is a peaceful movement. Meanwhile Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate, based in the Sinai, poses a major security threat. It has killed hundreds of soldiers and police since the army deposed President Mohamed Mursi of the Brotherhood in 2013 after mass protests. TURMOIL Egypt has witnessed a recent increase in attacks against tourism targets, including a suicide bombing near the ancient Karnak temple in Luxor last month. An attack on Westerners could signal a dangerous escalation of violence in the country, which is relatively stable in a region engulfed by militancy and sectarian conflict since the Arab Spring uprisings. A Western diplomat said he was aware of the explosion in front of the consulate but could not confirm that the building was the target. The violence, and political turmoil triggered by the 2011 revolt that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak, have hurt Egypt's tourism industry and economy. Two weeks ago, a car bomb killed the country's top public prosecutor and militants affiliated to Islamic State attacked several military checkpoints in North Sinai, in what was the fiercest fighting in the region in years. The army said 17 soldiers and more than 100 militants were killed in those clashes. Western countries are hoping Sisi can maintain relative stability in the Arab world's most populous country. But military operations in the Sinai - the epicentre of an insurgency led by Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate, called Sinai Province - have failed to defeat militants there. Egypt is also worried about spillover from militants who have been thriving in the chaos of neighbouring Libya, where Sisi has already ordered air strikes on Islamic State targets.