Report: 36 dead in Morocco minaret collapse
Associated Press ^ | 2-19-10
Posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 2:47:13 PM by Justaham
RABAT, Morocco - A minaret collapsed during Friday prayers at a crowded mosque in the old town of the historic Moroccan city of Meknes, killing 36 people and injuring 71, the official MAP news agency said.
Officials blamed the accident on heavy rain that had weakened the minaret at the Bab Berdieyinne Mosque, according to a statement released by the Interior Ministry.
King Mohammed VI sent the interior minister and religious affairs minister to Meknes, a UNESCO heritage city and one of Morocco's four imperial cities, some 60 miles east of the capital Rabat.
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The jokes write themselves...
2 posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 2:48:36 PM by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
my mother always told me if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all.....
but then you have to wonder if this counts towards their virgins?
6 posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 2:50:47 PM by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds) </p>
lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalal!!!!!!!
7 posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 2:51:49 PM by AngelesCrestHighway
it coulda been worse...
mosqgobooom...
...#1...
...#2...
...#3...
9 posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 2:53:33 PM by Chode (American Hedonist DTOM ww NO Pity for the LAZY)
Q. What do you call 36 dead radical muslims who were killed by a falling minaret?
A. A good start
--rimshot--
14 posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 3:02:53 PM by Guyin4Os (My name says Guyin40s but now I have an exotic, daring, new nickname..... Guyin50s)
Praying to false god, nonetheless.
16 posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 3:05:08 PM by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever)
Weeping in sorrow. Well, not so much.
18 posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 3:07:12 PM by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
I like when good things happen to bad people... †
24 posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 3:29:54 PM by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona.....)
>heavy rain that had weakened the minaret
They build these things out of something rain can disrupt? Maybe their mohamamadman is sending
them a message to lay off whacking innocents?
33 posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 5:09:12 PM by soycd
That’s right! It’s all about reaping and sowing.
34 posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 5:09:39 PM by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever)
A minaret collapsed during Friday prayers at a crowded mosque in the old town of the historic Moroccan city of Meknes, killing 36 people
"Repent, or you will all likewise perish."
36 posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 5:43:42 PM by Lee N. Field (Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has brought desolations on the earth.)
:’) This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
44 posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 8:12:40 PM by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
I like the irony of a bunch of genocidal fanatics suggesting that this tragedy is a sign from God to "lay off whacking innocents." I wonder what they thought of 9/11.