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Explosion downtown Tehran
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Posted on 07/18/2006 9:15:16 PM PDT by nuconvert

Reports of an explosion causing road collapse and affecting subway underneath, Emam Khomeini Station area, Naser Khosro Square downtown Tehran. Reports of 3 people hurt so far.

There was a previous explosion here 10yrs ago.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bigdig; bighole; explosion; imamshaveheartattack; iran; wellwhattayaknow; whoopsie
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To: nuconvert

Many thanks for posting this. Things are getting...interesting...


41 posted on 07/18/2006 9:33:41 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Dark Skies

I-MAM, You-MAM, He-MAM, She-MAM, wouldn't you like to be an imam too?


42 posted on 07/18/2006 9:36:03 PM PDT by Hayzo
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To: LdSentinal

just had to get a dig in at the
Big Dig, eh? ;-)


43 posted on 07/18/2006 9:37:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --- Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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To: nuconvert

Looks like a construction flaw or a sinkhole. Note the lack of vertical support.


44 posted on 07/18/2006 9:37:24 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg
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To: piasa

Looks more like a sinkhole than an explosion


45 posted on 07/18/2006 9:38:18 PM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: ArmstedFragg

It looks like nothing was holding the road up at all.


46 posted on 07/18/2006 9:39:01 PM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: Artemis Webb

The structural flaw is in the cortex of those people.


47 posted on 07/18/2006 9:39:31 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: nuconvert

probably gas line


48 posted on 07/18/2006 9:39:45 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: Pan_Yans Wife

lol. ;~ )


49 posted on 07/18/2006 9:40:08 PM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: ThomasThomas; MediaMole; uptoolate

LOL - You three just made me spew my nightly bowl of corn flakes.


50 posted on 07/18/2006 9:40:15 PM PDT by daybreakcoming ("We will not tire. We will not falter. We will not fail")
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To: nuconvert

also doesnt look like any outward debry...maybe a cave in


51 posted on 07/18/2006 9:40:33 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: Salem
>"Bet you ten bucks Ahmadinejad soiled his shorts."

But how could you tell? His shorts are full the moment he puts them on!

52 posted on 07/18/2006 9:41:08 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (I'd rather be carrying a shotgun with Dick, than riding shotgun with a Kennedyl!)
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To: nuconvert

'Maine' Street?


53 posted on 07/18/2006 9:41:21 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: daybreakcoming

LOL - You three just made me spew my nightly bowl of corn flakes.
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54 posted on 07/18/2006 9:44:36 PM PDT by racing fan (Go Israel!)
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Or maybe the road and subway owner is going through a nasty divorce....


55 posted on 07/18/2006 9:45:59 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: racing fan

(raising hand). And it was a laptop.


56 posted on 07/18/2006 9:46:30 PM PDT by del4hope (incompetence is trainable)
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To: nuconvert

The location of their power plant?


57 posted on 07/18/2006 9:46:44 PM PDT by Tzimisce (How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
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To: nuconvert

another translation...

"Crosswalk will be closed until further notice"


58 posted on 07/18/2006 9:47:01 PM PDT by Diver Dave (US Navy - SFP2(DV)63-67)
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To: nuconvert; aculeus; dighton; martin_fierro; Lijahsbubbe; BlueLancer; Yehuda

Look for the union label.

59 posted on 07/18/2006 9:47:41 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal (As it was in the days of NO...)
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To: del4hope

(raising hand). And it was a laptop.
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60 posted on 07/18/2006 9:49:15 PM PDT by racing fan (Go Israel!)
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