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2005-09-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Blast kills Beirut ~~idiot~~ security guard

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Posted by Steve 2005-09-19 09:11|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Must've been one of those "Take a number" grenades....

Posted by tu3031 2005-09-19 10:12|| 2005-09-19 10:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Speaking outside the 15-story building where the explosion occurred, Ambassador Ali Suleiman Saeed said: "Regrettably, it happened when one of the employees, with the knowledge of his colleagues, was playing with some old explosive materials left over from the (1975-90 civil) war. It exploded, hitting him and two of his colleagues."
Ayas al-Alayli, 36, took the grenade from a shelf and threw it to the floor to show Mirna Mugharbel, a secretary, that it wouldn't explode, an employee in the office said. Al-Alayli was killed and Mugharbel and another office worker, Hussam al-Jamal, were injured.
Mugharbel suffered shrapnel wounds to her legs, said the employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he isn't authorized to speak to the press. Blood stained the floor as well as the desk and chairs in Mugharbel's office.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-09-19 11:35|| 2005-09-19 11:35|| Front Page Top

#3 "Here, hold my beer." Definitely Darwin Award material, but not an individual citation. The Darwin guys have a thick, thick file of "playing with old weapons" incidents.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-09-19 13:57|| 2005-09-19 13:57|| Front Page Top

#4 People like that prove the concept of natural selection. You can only hope he left this world before he could spread his genes.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-09-19 14:04|| 2005-09-19 14:04|| Front Page Top

#5 If I had a dollar - and a finger - for every time Mama said "Steve, don't you be playing with those hand grenades"...

Posted by SteveS 2005-09-19 23:01|| 2005-09-19 23:01|| Front Page Top

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