UNREST IN SINAI AFTER ARRESTS

CAIRO [MENL] -- Egyptian authorities face Bedouin unrest amid a crackdownagainst a suspected Islamic insurgency network in the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian sources said tribal leaders have been alarmed by the detentionof thousands of Bedouins in wake of the Oct. 7 Islamic suicide bombings inTaba and Nueiba, in which 33 people were killed. About 5,000 residents ofnorthern Sinai were said to have been arrested in connection with thebombings, which targeted tourist sites frequented by Israelis.