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Gas tank truck explosion Saudi Arabia kills 26
Right Now I/O ^ | 11/1/2012 | Right Now

Posted on 11/01/2012 11:18:58 PM PDT by Paul R.

Deadly gas tanker explosion at overpass in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Death toll up to 26.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: explosion; saudi
Warning: Some of the photos are graphic.

I noticed that certain comments up earlier have apparently been removed, such as one poster angry at initial official reports of no casualties, then condeming "our leaders who steal our money and give it to terrorists." (Paraphrasal).

I first saw this on my wife's Facebook - a cousin of my wife works very near the site of the explosion - not hurt, but it shook him up.

1 posted on 11/01/2012 11:19:05 PM PDT by Paul R.
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To: Paul R.

We didn’t even know my wife’s cousin was working in Saudi. We thought he was still home in the Philippines!


2 posted on 11/01/2012 11:22:00 PM PDT by Paul R. (We are in a break in an Ice Age. A brief break at that...)
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To: Paul R.

Just now found this, too:

Pinoy killed, 10 more hurt in Saudi tanker blast

http://www.philstar.com/pinoyworldwide/article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId=63&articleId=866061&section=pwwnewsarticle

Some of the other articles are illuminating (titles only):

2 OFWs jailed in Saudi for owning condom

43 more OFWs from Syria to arrive Tuesday

Filipino ‘maid for rent’ racket rampant in Middle East

41 Pinoy Saudi cleaners protest employer

Abducted Filipino, 3 more aid workers recovered


3 posted on 11/01/2012 11:29:09 PM PDT by Paul R. (We are in a break in an Ice Age. A brief break at that...)
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To: Paul R.

Thanks for the post. It has been decades now, but I was one of the PE/PMs on the Khurais and Southern Field development. I always wondered how long a snail could balance on the edge of a razor blade.


4 posted on 11/01/2012 11:47:54 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: Paul R.

Wow- So much damage. And from a single truck that was carrying liquified natural gas. I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often.


5 posted on 11/02/2012 4:31:55 AM PDT by RadiationRomeo (Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
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