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SirTripAlot
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Quakes Rock Iran
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Does anyone here think that the United States should give aid AGAIN for earthquakes?
Mar 31, 7:42 AM EST
Three Quakes in Iran Kill at Least 66
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press Writer
AP Photo/VAHID SALEMI
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Three strong earthquakes and several aftershocks reduced villages to rubble in western Iran early Friday, killing at least 66 people and injuring about 1,200 others, officials said.
At least 13 tremors jolted the mountainous region throughout the night, Tehran University's Geophysics Institute said.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 5.7 magnitude quake shortly before 5 a.m. local time., followed by a 4.7 magnitude aftershock about 15 minutes later. The area had been hit by a 4.7-magnitude quake the day before, according to the USGS, which monitors earthquakes around the world.
The quakes were centered near Boroujerd and Doroud, two industrial cities about 210 miles southwest of Tehran, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
The regional head of emergency response, Ali Barani, said about 200 villages were damaged, some flattened. Barani said hospitals in Doroud and Boroujerd were full to their capacity.
State-run television said a total of 66 bodies had been recovered from houses destroyed in Silakhor, a region north of Doroud. The broadcast said 1,200 people were injured.
Most people had been sleeping. They ran into the streets in panic and refused to return to their homes.
"We are afraid to get back home. I spent the night with my family and guests in open space last night," Doroud resident Mahmoud Chaharmiri told The Associated Press by telephone.
British foreign secretary Jack Straw says Britain is sending its condolences to the Iranians after the earthquake.
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allah sent this quake upon them for not being islamic enough. they must take a harder stance against the infidels.
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Does anyone here think that the United States should give aid AGAIN for earthquakes?
It would be money better spent than the invasion of Iraq wouldn't it?
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Re: Quakes Rock Iran [Re: Alex213]
#5463480 - 03/31/06 10:53 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Alex213 Stated:
It would be money better spent than the invasion of Iraq wouldn't it?
No it wouldn't. At least in Iraq we have eliminated allot of rape camps and dungeons, amongst other things. For you to suggest that the USA give more money to a county that has denied the Holocaust, sponsors terrorism, and is stuck in the 13th century, is completely ignorant. Dont let your anti war bias confuse you on giving money to a country that cant even make friends in Europe.
Heres an idea..........Why doesn't any of the Middle Eastern Countries help out?
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SirTripAlot said: Alex213 Stated:
Heres an idea..........Why doesn't any of the Middle Eastern Countries help out?
Youd have to look long and hard to find out if they actually did. Your media doesn't like to boast the deeds of others countries. Because america always has to pat itself on the back
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At least in Iraq we have eliminated allot of rape camps and dungeons, amongst other things
Have you really? With police death squads roaming the streets and even the ex-prime minister saying human rights are now worse than under Saddam I'd have to question that.
For you to suggest that the USA give more money to a county that has denied the Holocaust, sponsors terrorism, and is stuck in the 13th century, is completely ignorant
The people laying under the rubble havn't said that.
is completely ignorant
Nowhere near as ignorant as writing off every Iranian because of what their leader says. There's a massive Iranian ecstasy scene - do you want all of those kids to die too? Try and see beyond the media propaganda about a country. They're just people like you and me.
Why doesn't any of the Middle Eastern Countries help out?
Probably because they're run by vicious US backed dictatorships who'se only interest is making themselves massively richer and torturing their own people. Like those murdering peices of shit the US installed back in power in Kuwait.
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Your country Canada , is such a power house!!!!
I must back off!!!
You want to back your shit up?
Lets do a comparison on how much aid the USA has given Iran compared to the rest of the Middle East.
Point in fact, how much aid did Canada give in last quake that killed 20,000 Iranians?
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SirTripAlot
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Alex213 stated: Have you really? With police death squads roaming the streets and even the ex-prime minister saying human rights are now worse than under Saddam I'd have to question that.
Yeah, really we have. Have you been to Iraq? Or do you get your information through a feeding tube? I have been there and have seen definite progress. The knowledge of the untested is soooooo vast.
For you to believe an ex prime minister coming from Saddam's regime really shows how stupid your viewpoint is.
Alex213 Stated: Probably because they're run by vicious US backed dictatorships
Ahh yes of course.....the Middle east is in ruin because of the evil USA. Were you issued a rubber stamp for that argument?
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Bellylard stated:
Did I say Canada was a power house?
EVERYONE TAKE A LOOK AT HIS LINK!!!!!!
This is a classical example of a statical trickery. Those figures are based on the GNP of each country.
Who do you think has a bigger economy? The USA or Finland?
THE USA GIVES MORE AID then any other country. The biggest dollar figure hands down, comes from the USA.
NICE TRY!!!!!
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp
by Anup This page: http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp. http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp?p=1
The US being the wealthiest, strongest and most influential nation, it is worth seeing how their actions or inaction affect other nations. One notable area is US foreign aid. Being a major part of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and even helping to formulate the United Nations over 50 years ago, their actions can be felt around the world.
Around the world for numerous years, many have criticized the US for cutting back on its promised obligations and responsibilities, and that furthermore, when it has provided aid, it has been tied to its own foreign policy objectives. Yet, many rich nations that provide aid can be criticized in a similar way.
USA?s aid, in terms of percentage of their GNP has almost always been lower than any other industrialized nation in the world, though paradoxically in the last four years, their dollar amount has been the highest
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Gosh darn! No rebuttals!!
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Are treasonous Cheney's Halliburton wells still intact?
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Yeah, really we have
We'll have to disagree on that. With beheaded bodies littering the streets and bodies hanging from electricity pylons I think there's quite a long way to go yet.
I have been there and have seen definite progress
Really? Progress compared to what? Did you visit Iraq under Saddam? How long were you there? Where did you go? How did you travel around?
For you to believe an ex prime minister coming from Saddam's regime really shows how stupid your viewpoint is.
Come off it. If he'd said things were getting better you'dve been saying "The ex-prime minister knows more about the situation than you".
Ahh yes of course.....the Middle east is in ruin because of the evil USA.
Are you denying the US backs Saudi, Kuwait etc?
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Re: Quakes Rock Iran [Re: Alex213]
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Saddam Hussein was a murderous tyrant who launched an inquisition against anyone who questioned his government. End of argument
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Re: Quakes Rock Iran [Re: Basilides]
#5466360 - 04/01/06 03:22 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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You do realise why it's against international law to invade countries cos you say someone is a murderous tyrant don't you?
Saddam could just have accurately said "Kuwait was ruled by murderous tyrants who launched an inquisition against anyone who questioned their government. End of argument" to justify his invasion.
See why the idea is to go through the UN?
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Re: Quakes Rock Iran [Re: Alex213]
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Alex213 Stated:
Really? Progress compared to what? Did you visit Iraq under Saddam? How long were you there? Where did you go? How did you travel around?
I was in the Marines. I saw allot more then they show on TV. When most of the firefights ended in Tikrit, the people celebrating in the streets, and the look in their eyes was amazing. Compared to the fear that exists now, the situation beforehand was extreme. The people in the village that could talk some English told me that they were required to have a picture of Saddam on each wall at all times.
So how about you? Did you ever go there? Or do you rely on the alphabet channels to get your information? Put your money where your mouth is!!!!!!!!!
Alex213 Stated:
Come off it. If he'd said things were getting better you'dve been saying "The ex-prime minister knows more about the situation than you".
Bullshit. Pure conjecture. ANY official that belonged to Saddam's cabinet has NO CREDIBILITY. Just because you back your opinions on a former government official coming form a brutal regime, does not mean I do. So you come off it!!!!!!!!!!!
For you to suggest that engagements would be better if they went though the UN, is so funny!!! 22% of the UNs budget comes from the USA. Ever hear of Rwanda or Sudan? Or how about the Oil for Food scandal? The UN is a consortium of second rate world leaders who like to feel important, and in th process cause more harm then good.
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The quakes are Bush using his tectonic weapons to soften up our next target.
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The people in the village that could talk some English told me that they were required to have a picture of Saddam on each wall at all times.
That's pretty scary. And there was I thinking that scores of beheaded bodies littering the streets and corpses hanging from electricty pylons was bad.
Bullshit. Pure conjecture. ANY official that belonged to Saddam's cabinet has NO CREDIBILITY. Just because you back your opinions on a former government official coming form a brutal regime, does not mean I do. So you come off it!!!!!!!!!!!
Allawi said it. He wasn't prime minister under Saddam. He was prime minister after the invasion. The americans endorsed him.
You were in Iraq and you don't even know who Allawi was?
For you to suggest that engagements would be better if they went though the UN, is so funny!!!
So you believe any lunatic who wants to should be allowed to invade another country? Just because he says "He's a bad man and I bet he's got the capacity to build WMD in 50 years time"? Are you serious?
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Re: Quakes Rock Iran [Re: Alex213]
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Alex213 said: So you believe any lunatic who wants to should be allowed to invade another country?
Yes.
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Alex213 said: Are you serious?
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Re: Quakes Rock Iran [Re: daimyo]
#5467116 - 04/01/06 11:08 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Saddam had just as much right to invade Kuwait as Bush had to invade Iraq. Probably more so.
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