British Troops Cordon Off Ismailia -- A British Soldier, Rifle in hand, searches bus passengers at a check point on the sealed border round Ismailia. British Troops clamped a strict control on traffic in and out of the Suez Canal zone town of Ismailia, July 13, after Egypt rejected a British demand for the return of a British airman abducted, by Egyptians, from Ismailia on July 9. The abduction and the cordon have created a new Angelo-Egyptian crisis, with they describe as a British attack on Egyptian sovereignty. July 14, 1953. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).