The Associated Press says that at least 100 have been killed by flash flooding in Saudi Arabia Wednesday that affected the annual pilgrimage to Mecca that is ongoing this week. Given these pictures uploaded this morning from AccuWeather.com Photo Gallery user addhna, I would think that death toll would continue to rise in this terrible tragedy; this article says that 350 are still missing.
The Associated Press says:
“The official says rescue teams were looking for possible survivors from the downpours that caused heavy flooding in the coastal city of Jiddah, the main entry point for the millions of Muslims performing the annual hajj pilgrimage. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to the media.”
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I remember the Iraqi al-Qaeda leader Zarqawi stating what a "wonderful" thing Katrina was as a punishment from God. Would these hypocrites think about if it were their own people who suffered something similarly horrible?
No one deserves this type of carnage.
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