Pilgrim hostel collapses in Mecca
**A building housing Muslim pilgrims in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia has collapsed.
**Reports say there are dozens of dead and injured.
The four-storey building collapsed, with reports from the United Arab Emirates saying people were killed as rubble fell onto the streets.
More than a million Muslims have arrived in Mecca for the Haj, a five-day-long Islamic ritual attracting pilgrims from around the world.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/4584058.stm
HSK
January 7, 2006, 4:40am
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I'm not hearing about the nationalities. Which groups were hurt?
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^Saudi Red Crescent officials said the dead included pilgrims from Tunisia and Algeria.
ak47
January 9, 2006, 3:08am
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Saudi have prooved they cannot coordinate the Hajj they have messed up year after year.
But then it is not a surprise since saudis government rely on the US of da little a on everything from soap bars to fighter planes which they have no clue how to operate themselves!
May Allah help them.