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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian killed in Leb kaboom
2007-08-17
A bomb exploded at a scrap metal shop in the Bekaa Valley in east Lebanon on Thursday, killing a Syrian man and injuring five Syrian nationals. The explosion took place in the village of al-Rawda, near the provincial capital of Zahleh.

Syrian national Hassan Qaderi was using a fire rod to open a closed barrel at his store in the eastern Bekaa Valley, the officials said. The bullets caught fire and the barrel exploded, killing the 40-year-old instantly, the officials said. The blast also wounded Qadri's three sons who work at the family business, and two other Syrian nationals. The five injured people were rushed to a hospital for treatment. Police searched the yard for further bombs, but did not disclose the results of the investigation.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Send a large shipment of two-pound hammers, complete with comic-book instructions on "How to defuse old ordnance".
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-08-17 18:15  

#2  My favorite's still the Thai guy that blowed hisself up beatin' on an old tank mine with a hammer.
Posted by: mojo   2007-08-17 11:01  

#1  Saw stuff like this all the time in Iraq- Hajji scrap metal collector gets blown to bits trying to clean out old bit or UXO. Film @ 11.

These guys are simply not ready for the modern world.
Posted by: N Guard   2007-08-17 06:09  

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