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2010-10-28 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2010-10-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 An investigation into the cause of the collapse is under way.
You know the answer is going to be a US bomb or missile attack - probably one of our sophisticated AWMs (anti-wedding munitions).

Posted by Glenmore 2010-10-28 10:21|| 2010-10-28 10:21|| Front Page Top

#2 ...little or no oversight by civil authorities

Um, are there ANY civil authorities IN Aland???

Posted by Alan Cramer 2010-10-28 11:01|| 2010-10-28 11:01|| Front Page Top

#3 I suspect it may not have been built in compliance with the 2007 IBC (International Building Code), much less the soon-to-be-implemented 2010 IBC, but I hate to be cynical. Perhaps it was Allah's will?

Posted by Frank G 2010-10-28 20:39|| 2010-10-28 20:39|| Front Page Top

#4 There are international building codes? I thought those would only be local, based on recommendations developed by the academic researchers...

Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-28 21:34|| 2010-10-28 21:34|| Front Page Top

#5 nope - some high-seismic areas boost them, but there are IBC codes out..subject to local/national/state acceptance, of course

Posted by Frank G 2010-10-28 21:38|| 2010-10-28 21:38|| Front Page Top

#6 "I hate to be cynical. Perhaps it was Allah's will?"

I don't, Frank.

I'll respect their culture, which seem to claim that everything is Allen's will. So obviously it was.

~~And so were the floods, earthquakes, drone strikes, etc.~~

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-10-28 21:38|| 2010-10-28 21:38|| Front Page Top

#7 There goes our Barbara again, wielding Occam's scalpel with a master surgeon's accuracy.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-28 22:15|| 2010-10-28 22:15|| Front Page Top

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