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To: dynachrome
“Hey, Mohammad! Aren’t we supposed to put rebar in these masonry buildings?”

“Rebar, schmebar...it will stay up if it is the will of Allah.”


2 posted on 03/27/2021 4:25:05 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (The Weak Never Started, The Cowards fail along the way, Only the Strong Survive)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

If this were Havana- the culprit would be recycler/scavengers who are harvesting the structural steel out of buildings.


3 posted on 03/27/2021 4:28:14 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Not knowing the details of this building, I would have some questions. When was this built? Was it during the Nasser regime, when Egypt was a Soviet client? If so, was this building similar to the Plattenbau design common in Eastern Europe?


4 posted on 03/27/2021 4:47:58 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (Antifa=BLM=RevCom=CPUSA = CCP=Democratic Party )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Holy mackerel. That does look like it was entirely Un-reinforced.


6 posted on 03/27/2021 5:03:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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