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Offline an0n

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on: December 26, 2003, 08:08:05 pm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3350357.stm

Now, I'm gonna let the Americans amongst you off with not having already posted something about this as the US media is probably already avoiding all stories that portray Iran in a sympathetic light so the invasion goes down easier in a few months. But I cannot believe no-one else has noticed this.

If I've just missed the thread, then I'm sorry, but if it's totally not been mentioned up to this point then I hope you all die horrible, horrible deaths.
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Re: EarthQuake
Reply #1 on: December 26, 2003, 08:09:48 pm
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Now, I'm gonna let the Americans amongst you off with not having already posted something about this as the US media is probably already avoiding all stories that portray Iran in a sympathetic light so the invasion goes down easier in a few months.


you forget, the media is liberal controlled, so it's front page news.
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Reply #2 on: December 26, 2003, 08:18:16 pm
yeah we've been getting a lot of news on this, more so than we would normaly get from such a relitivly small contry we have poor relations with,
something like half the buildings been flattened and about 20,000 people killed right?
were suposed to be sending some sort of aid too

I found it ironic that the name of the city was Bam.
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Reply #3 on: December 26, 2003, 09:16:24 pm
they've been saying 20,000, 5,000, 12,000, they don't know. they did the same thing when the WTC collapsed. i guess it's a similar situation: a bunch of buildings falling down, people burried under tons of rubble ect.
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Reply #4 on: December 26, 2003, 09:24:26 pm
and there've been a bunch of other major storries we havn't had a posting about, like /*looks at what's on now*/ the SECOND assasionation atempt of Musharief
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Reply #5 on: December 27, 2003, 03:31:14 pm
:eek2:

Amazing what one can not hear about when one does not listen to radio, watch TV, or surf news sites. :nervous:
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Reply #6 on: December 27, 2003, 06:30:37 pm
Lots going on in the world right now...earthquakes, assassination attempts, Air France stops several US bound flights before they take off and Mars probe Beagle 2 isn't responding...damn martians :D

Why does everyone consider American media to be instantly biased and controled by the views of the American government?  It may be a monopolized powerhouse, limited viewpoint, run by elitist businessmen but they often don't care about what the government things - the government can be destroyed before them and a new one installed in the next election if they so want :)

Reporting dramatic things good or bad for americans is good for ratings and thus good for business.   Let no story go unturned :)
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Reply #7 on: December 27, 2003, 08:44:16 pm
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Reply #8 on: December 27, 2003, 09:23:42 pm
They'd do it if they had the material :D
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Reply #9 on: December 27, 2003, 09:51:38 pm
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Lots going on in the world right now...earthquakes, assassination attempts, Air France stops several US bound flights before they take off and Mars probe Beagle 2 isn't responding...damn martians :D


Curses! You must be eliminated before you warn others of the martian invasion! :drevil:
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Reply #10 on: December 27, 2003, 10:26:30 pm
*goes Into the West*
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Reply #11 on: December 27, 2003, 10:51:33 pm
*goes into Mae West*
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Reply #12 on: December 27, 2003, 11:31:44 pm
*goes into Adam West*

...i mean- *backspace* ahh, crap.
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Reply #13 on: December 28, 2003, 03:50:44 am
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Reply #14 on: December 28, 2003, 07:27:09 am
(on topic)

80% of the city has been flattened, including the near total destruction of the ancient citadel.  There are no hospitals left standing, nor tents, so people are being treated & sleeping in the freezing cold air outside.  

They had arial shots from a chopper on the news, and the city is literally flattened - nothing is standing, it's all a flat pile of rubble. The last casualty estimates I heard were ~25,000 dead, over 30,000 injured - probably more.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3350583.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3351329.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3352057.stm
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Reply #15 on: December 28, 2003, 07:32:22 am
And people say God doesn't exist.

Ah well, if the world's gonna end I better go muster up some kind of magics to defend myself from God with.
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Reply #16 on: December 28, 2003, 12:08:37 pm
Current figures: ~20,000 dead, 100,000 homeless.
The big temple thingy was originally a Persian Fire Temple, then a mosque, now a big heap of dust.
The death toll is so high because the buildings were all made of mud-bricks - the people can't afford to follow the building regulations, so the houses have no chance of surviving an earthquake.

What really gets me is that they're refusing all offers of aid from the Israelis. That they offered help is the first place is surprising, given the goverment's position, but having it turned down isn't exactly gonna help matters....
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Reply #17 on: December 28, 2003, 05:13:39 pm
I guess they haven't really earthquake retrofitted there...
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Reply #18 on: December 28, 2003, 05:34:00 pm
" June 1990: About 40,000 died in Iran's worst recorded disaster, affecting Caspian areas of Gilan and Zanjan. About half a million people made homeless"

Man, that country isn't exactly a blessed one...
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Reply #19 on: December 28, 2003, 07:53:55 pm
And there sits bush in his chair saying, "Drat, damn mother nature got to them first."

I can bet few other Arab nations give a rats ass. Nowadays they all seem to hate each other.
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