Posted on 03/23/2002 3:11:27 AM PST by TomGuy
Tall Building Collapses in Beirut, Heavy Casualties Feared
The Associated Press
Published: Mar 23, 2002
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A seven-story building collapsed in Beirut on Saturday, with first reports indicating scores of casualties, security officials said.
The building, located in Mazraa district - a traditionally Muslim sector of Beirut - "turned into a pile of rubble," crushing nearby cars, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The building was a school undergoing a renovation, and the victims were workers and passers-by along the busy Corniche el-Mazraa, one of the city's main thoroughfares.
Lebanese television showed rescue workers removing at least five people from the site on stretchers.
More than 50 police officers searched the rubble for survivors, officials said.
Weekend rush-hour traffic in the area was halted to allow rescuers and ambulances to reach the site.
The cause of the collapse was not immediately known.
AP-ES-03-23-02 0640EST
Often these were very high quality people: it took a lot of guts to cling on and hold to Christ for all those centuries in the very teeth of Islam. Jesus' message in Rev. 2 to the church at Pergamum applies to them.
There is a prominent Christian evangelist from India, last name Zacharias, 1st name Ravi?? who is supposedly a legally Jewish (Hindu in sense of 1st definition "a native or inhabitant of India") but now Christian evangelist, so that may be who you are thinking of.
Err, isn't that the point of sarcasm?
As for intelligence. It would seem I know the definition of sarcasm and you don't.
I never said Lebanon, Pa. But Mt. Lebanon was near our home.
We'd frequent the Lebanese-American club...they had the best kibbe, grape leaves and lamb. (no baloney)
I know! It's the American Airlines flight 77! Remember from earlier posts: it never hit the Pentagon! It had to come down somewhere!
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And probably fine people who were driven out by the Muslim fundamentalists. Lebanon was the Paris of the Mideast until the Syrians and the Palestinians tore it apart in battles with the Christians.
Like the heart that the Palestinians,Lebanese,Iraqis,Saudis,Jordanians,Egyptians,Iranians,Pakistanis,Libyans.........showed on 9/11? Im reminded of that of that ugly woman with the tongue wagging that shows up on FR from time to time.Hey Ive got an idea!! Lets get Tammy Fay Baker..........
Taken from:
An article about Beirut's reaction to 9/11
I didn't dance in the street passing Ground Zero on my way to get lunch today, but my step was lighter than usual, that's for sure.
Probably a muslim saying that the Christians were probably celebrating the attack.
BEIRUT--Where were you on Sept. 11, when terrorists changed the world? I was at the National Museum here, enjoying the wonders of the ancient Phoenicians with my husband. This tour of past splendor only magnified the shock I received later when I heard the news and saw the reactions all around me. Walking downtown, I realized that the offspring of this great civilization were celebrating a terrorist outrage. And I am not talking about destitute people. Those who were cheering belonged to the elite of the Paris of Middle East: professionals wearing double-breasted suits, charming blond ladies, pretty teenagers in tailored jeans.
No tears here, 1 block away from GZ. In fact I only wish an American collapsed the building.
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