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Deadly earthquake hits Iran
AlJazeera ^

Posted on 12/20/2010 5:11:28 PM PST by nuconvert

At least seven people are dead and three villages destroyed in the quake that jolted a vast region in the south east.

An earthquake in southeast Iran has killed at least five people and destroyed homes, a regional governor has said.

The quake struck late on Monday in a mountainous region and was given a 6.3 magnitude by the US Geological Survey.

Kerman province is said to be the worst affected area.

"Seven people have been killed and hundreds have been injured. Hundreds of people are still trapped under the rubbles," Esmail Najjar, governor of Iran's Kerman province, the centre of the quake, told the semi-official Mehr news agency.

At least three villages were destroyed, leaving hundreds of people trapped under rubble, according to Mehr, a semi-official news agency.

Nine aftershocks

There were nine aftershocks following the earthquake, one that was given a 5 magnitude, according to IRNA, the official news agency.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.aljazeera.net ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; iran
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1 posted on 12/20/2010 5:11:31 PM PST by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

Too bad. Pass the beer.


2 posted on 12/20/2010 5:13:57 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Obama makes me miss Jimmah Cahtah!)
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To: nuconvert

Tell’em to call Hugo Chavez for help.


3 posted on 12/20/2010 5:15:37 PM PST by halfright (My presidents picture is in the dictionary, next to the word, "rectum".)
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To: nuconvert

Qiuck, lets send print more money and send them some so they’ll like us!


4 posted on 12/20/2010 5:19:50 PM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: nuconvert

I am trying to care.......... nope... can’t.

LLS


5 posted on 12/20/2010 5:20:46 PM PST by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: nuconvert

Prayers.


6 posted on 12/20/2010 5:21:54 PM PST by Weird Tolkienish Figure
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To: halfright

Sounds like a perfect opportunity to offer aid, dozens of helicopters loaded up with all sorts of infrared gear and other stuff...too bad if we got off course and something blowed up...


7 posted on 12/20/2010 5:22:09 PM PST by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO!)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

yea, no kidding.
Let me know when 7,000 are snuffed, then I might care...../S


8 posted on 12/20/2010 5:23:18 PM PST by 9422WMR (Illegal is not a race)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

I’m having a bad feeling in was an underground nuclear test. The way our country is right now, what are we going to do about it?


9 posted on 12/20/2010 5:24:42 PM PST by cameraeye (A happy kufir!)
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To: nuconvert

What happens if it hits one of their nuclear sites?


10 posted on 12/20/2010 5:26:12 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: nuconvert

Hope the good ones are okay.

Imanutjob however...not so much.


11 posted on 12/20/2010 5:26:38 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS= Obama's Mosque, taxes, painful death. Is this what you want?)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

Hopefully the deceased include the Islamist A-bomb crew.


12 posted on 12/20/2010 5:28:29 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (Character is defined by how we treat those who society says have no value.)
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To: cameraeye
The UN will write them a really really bad letter.

Looks like ALA is punishing them because they haven't killed enough little girls
to give terrorists their virgins.

13 posted on 12/20/2010 5:28:49 PM PST by MaxMax
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

MichaelT,
I’m shocked at your cavalier attitude.
What kind of beer?


14 posted on 12/20/2010 5:29:41 PM PST by Joe Boucher
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To: Slump Tester

Iran already HAS one of our taglio currency printers.


15 posted on 12/20/2010 5:32:40 PM PST by txhurl (This Is Not America.)
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To: nuconvert

Bam!


16 posted on 12/20/2010 5:38:42 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: nuconvert

Allah Akbar...it is God’s will.


17 posted on 12/20/2010 5:38:54 PM PST by The Toad
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To: nuconvert

Since none of the Iranian ruling class seems to be among the casualties, I find it sad that some here would be so callous about the victims. Are the residents of Iran responsible for the crazy Allotohlas who oppress, imprison, and murder them? Tyrants infest the US ruling class as well. Should we attack victims of disaster here as well when they occur?


18 posted on 12/20/2010 5:44:11 PM PST by Whitehawk
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To: Whitehawk

Thank you.


19 posted on 12/20/2010 5:45:21 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

It must have been caused by Juice secret earthquake machine.


20 posted on 12/20/2010 5:53:57 PM PST by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever!)
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