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| Afghanistan |
| Remains of two people found in Presidential Palace |
| 2015-10-07 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The remains of two people have been found in Presidential Palace, an official said on Tuesday. Sayed Zafar Hashimi, a front man for the Presidential Palace told a presser in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... that the remains have been sent for forensic examination to identify them. He said the remains were found in a depth of 2.5 meters during construction work. Hashimi further said that President Ghani has assigned a commission to conduct an investigation in this regard. The commission include representatives from Ministry of Interior, Human Rights, Society of Doctors, Independent Human Rights Commission and forensic. Hashemi further said that once the forensic report comes, the remains would be handed over to their families or Presidential Palace would make arrangements for their burial. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 That's as big as Al Gore's house! |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-10-07 12:18 |
| #3 Turkey's new presidential palace covers 3,200,000 square feet and has over 1100 rooms. The Erdogan govt refused to release its construction cost for fear of crashing the economy. It's known as the Ak Saray, or white palace. The courts had forbidden its construction on a number of grounds (one of them presumably good taste) and Erdogan thumbed his nose and went ahead with its cinstruction, so it's often described now as the Kaç-Ak Saray, or "Illegal Palace." On 10 July 2015, the Turkish Council of State found that the construction of the palace violated the law and ordered it to be vacated. To put the ego in scale: Buckingham Palace as 828,820 square feet. The Palace of Versailles has 721,206 square feet, and a cozy little nest it is. The entire Kremlin complex covers 68 acres, or almost 3 million square feet, which is still slightly smaller than Erdogan's new shack. The White House has 55,000 square feet arranged in six floors, or a little over an acre and a quarter. |
| Posted by: Fred 2015-10-07 11:47 |
| #2 Is "Presidential Palace" as much of an oxymoron as I think it is? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-10-07 07:52 |
| #1 Um hmmm |
| Posted by: newc 2015-10-07 01:34 |