Posted on 10/07/2004 1:29:18 PM PDT by yonif
(IsraelNN.com) An explosion occurred a short time ago in the Taba Hilton, on the Egyptian side of the border. According preliminary reports from Magen David Adom emergency medical service officials, the cause of the blast was a gas tank.
There are unconfirmed reports of dozens of injured. The IDF has already ordered helicopters into the air and MDA is mobilizing to treat the many wounded in the blast. Details to follow as they become available.
Relationships in the Middle East have changed considerably since the 1960s and 70s. It is not the same world that it was before. What I said in my previous post was simply the common view of the Arab person on the street in the Middile East. Freepers complain they don't see mass marches in the streets condemning actions like this. Like it or not, for there to be any chance that the situation gets better, this must happen.
Oh my, I thought that the blow up the pyramids statement was the stupidest statement on this thread. I was wrong. You are now the recipient of the prize. Time to educate yourself on islam, it is a real eye opener. Or is it that you are a muslim trying to sell something.
Sorry to hear about this Yonif. I hope the loss of life is not as bad as first reported, but it does sound grim.
Other than my concern for human life, my first thought was to wonder if this was a yellow ryder truck with barrels of fertilizer in them.
One of these days the brain-trusts in our intelligence services are going to wake up and dig a little deeper into the Moslem angle to the OKC event. With the whole front of this hotel reportedly missing, this does sound a little like deja vu all over again. Sadly. Very sadly...
But Al Azhar...
By now 35 dead...
I am quite educated about Islam... Next?
??? Great, but my comment was not directed at you if you took it personally.
Sorry... I am so upset about what happened... Damn arab islamic bastards!
Well, since then I have read a lot... And I would say my opinion of it has gone about -200...
A death cult!
No problem. I am dyslexic, you should see some of the mistakes I have made with my comments.;-)
You are despicable. Assuming that it was the work of terrorists, if wasn't named The Hilton, they would have bombed it anyway. Blaming a victim of terrorism or suggesting "they had it coming", even with a "what goes around comes around" justification, is unconscionable.
Sorry. You lose.
Godwin's Law: prov.
[Usenet] “As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.” There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely- recognized codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
Galei Tsahal reports that the border is opened...
uh, Godwin's law only applies if he called you a nazi, goofball.
They speak of families that fell from the upper floors and died...
I hope it's not true!
You are correct,I hit abuse on both him and the one who posted a photo of the trash.
The photo was removed, but not his post.
Can you post an update.....number of explosions? number of dead?
Nope.
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