200 die in Iran train wreck

[zardoz]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=4&u=/ap/20040218/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_train_explosion

[vsmith]

I hate to say I'm not surprised by the death toll, given that in other parts of the world they will build houses right up next to tracks, and the combination of fertilizer, gasoline, and God knows what chemicals sounds like a huge bomb on rails. Also Iranians traditionally build homes out of mud brick, or as its known here, Complete Crap, these building seam to collaspe under the slightest stress, A couple of months ago, we had a 6.5 earthquake here in California under Paso Robles, 2 died, there was another 6.5 earthquake in Iran a month later, 30,000 dead....2 vs 30,000, Hmmm. I'm always agast that things like this happen, but the governments in these countries NEVER make changes to reduce the devistation in the future, it just happens over and over again.

[Anonymous]

THAT'S VERY SAD

[Anonymous]

Yeah, it's been a pretty bloody week around the world. You may have heard about how a glass roof collapsed at a water park near Moscow (it was enclosed, in case you're wondering), and about a race riot in Sydney, Australia. In the former case, about 40 people died.
But yeah, I'm not too surprised that such a catastrophic death toll could occur too. But really, how could they put such hazardous chemicals right next to each other? That train was a bomb on rails. Apparently it created an explosion that shattered windows 6 miles away and left a crater 50 feet deep.

[alcodave]

i heard from a middle east news source the train was carrying weapons and ammunition and that it was blown up to stop it from making its delivery to a terrorist group that sounds like a good possibility,but im sure we will never know.